CHEESY GARLIC BAKED POTATOES

CHEESY GARLIC BAKED POTATOES
Ingredients
500 g potatoes
3 to 5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and fresh black pepper
Fresh chives (diced)
Bacon (cut into large chunks)
Shredded Cheese of your choice-
1-cup Sour Cream (recipe at the bottom)*Directions
Preheat oven to 400F/200C. Using a wooden spoon as a cradle, place each potato in the spoon and make several parallel slits into each potato top making sure not to slice completely through.
Place 3 garlic slices between slits at the crown of each potato.
Toss in a medium bowl with butter and olive oil.
Place on a baking sheet lined with tin foil and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
When the potatoes begin to “fan out” it’s time to make the magic happen.
Carefully slip a hunk of bacon into each slit of the potato like so and continue to cook
Once the potatoes and bacon are fully cooked (use a knife poke test), coat the potatoes with heaping helping of shredded cheese. . Bake until tops are crispy and potatoes are cooked through, about 1 hour.
Transfer to a platter and top with Herbed Sour Cream and chives.
*Herbed Sour Cream:
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Combine ingredients in a small bowl.
Season, to taste, and refrigerate until use
Bron: Elzeth Kotzè Wilson *http://lekkerreseptevirdiejongergeslag.blogspot.com/2013/05/cheesy-garlic-baked-potatoes.html