Hasselback Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 small baking potatoes
• 8 garlic cloves, sliced in thin slivers
• sea salt
• coarse black pepper
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 clean the potatoes with skins on. cut slits on top of each potato approximately 1/8 inch apart (careful not to go all the way through). [chop sticks or wooden spoons along each side will help prevent cutting all the way through the potato.] place on baking sheet.
• 3 place a garlic sliver between each slit. sprinkle with salt and pepper. drizzle with olive oil.
• 4 bake 1 hour. baste with pan oil then bake another 30 minutes. [the potatoes will gently arch as the slits slightly fan out making for a pretty as well as tasty presentation.].