Our Favourite Recipes
Jacket Potatoes with Basil Pesto Cream Cheese
A fluffy, buttery jacket potato (we love a Bartlett's Rooster) is one of the ultimate midweek meals. To make it extra lovely, try this simple cream cheese dip recipe, adding a hit of our Classic Basil Pesto, along with (maybe) crispy pancetta.
Gluten Free
Buon Appetito
Ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes (we love using Albert Bartlett's Rooster Potatoes)
- 70g (optional) pancetta cubes
- 110g cream cheese
- 190g jar Sacla’ Classic Basil Pesto
- A small handful of rocket leaves
Method
- Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas mark 6
- Place potatoes on a baking tray and bake on the top shelf for about 45 minutes or until soft and crispy
- If using, scatter pancetta onto a small ovenproof dish and cook on the middle shelf for 5-7 minutes, shaking once or twice, until crisp
- Drain on some kitchen paper
- Remove potatoes from oven, make a criss-cross in each, spoon over the cream cheese and then the Sacla’ Pesto
- Scatter with pancetta and arrange rocket leaves on top
