Salt-crust potatoes

Recipes / Vegetarian

Serve these simple, yet stylish salt-crust potatoes as part of your roast dinner menu.

Recipe «Salt-crust potatoes» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:00 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 6 eggwhites, 150g fine cooking salt, 3 1/3 cups plain flour, 6 potatoes , scrubbed, Butter or herb butter, to serve .

Ingredients:

  • 6 eggwhites 
  • 150g fine cooking salt 
  • 3 1/3 cups plain flour 
  • 6 potatoes , scrubbed 
  • Butter or herb butter, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Combine eggwhite, salt, flour and 100ml water in a bowl and mix to form a dough. Divide into 6 pieces and roll out each piece on a lightly floured surface. Place a potato in the centre of each piece and roll to enclose completely in the dough. Place on a baking tray and bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven, cool slightly, then crack open, discarding crust, and serve with butter.