Hassleback Potatoes

This side dish is not new. I've seen this around and understandably it has the 'wow' factor, design to impress your guest.

As you know, Christmas and New Year are just around the corner, don't you think this dish would just be perfect next to your roast? Best of all, its fairly easy to make. I used the word 'fairly easy' as it could be a little tricky slicing the potato thinly without through the potato. But discovered that if you wedge the potato in between a pair of chopsticks, you'll have a smoother experience!!

There are many various you can make this - original with some salt and pepper, garlic, sour cream, cheese, herbs - really, the list of possibilities seems endless!

Ingredients
6 potatoes, washed and pat dry
2 tbsp olive oil
30 g butter
sea salt
freshly cracked black pepper

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 220C degrees.

2. Place on a chopping board, flat side down. Start from one end of the potato, cut almost all the way through, at about 3 to 4 mm intervals. Cut the potato thinner so that it will fan out nicer. If you cut it too fat, it will not look as delicate.

3. Arrange potatoes on a baking tray and scatter some butter in between the potato slits. Drizzle some olive oil and sprinkle some sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

4. Bake potatoes for about 40 minutes.

Crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy inside, yum!

Homemade vanilla mango fruit leather

Homemade ones taste so much better than commercial ones. This is similar to an earlier recipe.

Got a big bag of cheap mangoes so decided to make some yummy fruit leather.

Blend some cut up mangoes in a food processor, 1-2 tbsp of honey to taste and 1 tsp of good quality vanilla, spread out onto a good quality silicon paper and bake @ 100C degrees for 6 hours or until the fruit is dry to the touch. This time I made 5 trays in a row so I got a good haul! :)

Roll them short or long for some homemade fruit goodness!