Baked potatoes in the oven

3 servings
1 hour 15 min

Now we perceive potatoes as a second bread. Almost no feast can do without it. Nutritious tubers are used as a side dish with various meat or fish dishes, boiled, baked and fried potatoes we add to various salads. Potato chips can become the basis for a snack if you put 1-2 tsp of salad on them. The potato, long considered inedible, has become one of the most popular and favourite foods thanks to French pharmacist Antoine Auguste Parmantier. Having been captured in Prussia during the Seven Years' War (1757-176

3), he first tried potatoes, which were then considered so unedible that they preferred to feed them pigs and prisoners. Parmantier unexpectedly liked the taste of potatoes. Returning to France, Parmantier began to study the chemical composition of the plant, which the Paris Medical Academy considered harmful to health and banned the use of food. It was possible to lift the ban only in 1772, largely due to the efforts of Parmantier. To make the French love potatoes, Parmantier came up with new dishes from it and arranged dinner parties with famous guests. Here it offers potato bread, potato soup, potato porridge and even potato confitur. However, this root crop became truly popular in France only in the hungry revolutionary years. In 1795 it was grown in besieged Paris even in the Tuileries garden.

How to bake potatoes in the oven? Prepare the products. Take potatoes of medium size, they will bake faster. It is better to cook breadcrumbs yourself, they will turn out to be much tastier than purchased ones. Pre-wash the potatoes well under running water with a brush.

Peel and dry the potatoes with paper towels. Put each tuber in a tablespoon and make frequent deep cuts with a knife, not reaching the end.

Place the potatoes in a baking dish.

Pour sunflower oil over each tuber. Sprinkle with salt. Put the potatoes in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 30-35 minutes.

After time has elapsed, remove the mold. Sprinkle the potatoes with breadcrumbs and black pepper. You can also grab your favourite spices. Spread pieces of butter on top of each tuber. Put the tin in the oven for another 15 minutes until brown and the potatoes are ready. The exact time will depend on the features of your oven and the size of the potatoes. Serve the finished potatoes immediately to the table. Enjoy your meal!