Potatoes with Bay Leaves

Name: Potatoes with Bay Leaves
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil or melted butter; 4 baking potatoes; ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil or melted butter; 8 bay leaves; Salt and black pepper to taste; Salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

Amazing how minor touches in familiar dishes can make such a huge difference. Anyone who grew up eating baked potatoes with butter and sour cream will be pleased and surprised at how aromatic and delicate these are.

Ingredients

4 baking potatoes
Salt and black pepper to taste
8 bay leaves
¼

Europe
France
Side dish
Gluten-free
Mediterranean
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Make a deep slit lengthwise in each potato, almost to the point of cutting it in half. Sprinkle salt and pepper in there and tuck in the bay leaves, 2 per potato. Put the potatoes in a baking dish and drizzle with the olive oil, smeari