Baked Potatoes with Tomatoes

Name: Baked Potatoes with Tomatoes (Pommes boulangère)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Salt and pepper; About 1 cup (250 ml) water; Salt and pepper; 1 sprig thyme; ¼ bay leaf; 3 tablespoons (50 g) butter, plus butter for the dish; 1 lb. (500 g) tomatoes; 2 ¼ lb. (1 kg) potatoes; 4 ½ oz. (125 g) salt pork or bacon; 4 ½ oz. (125 g) salt pork or bacon

Pommes boulangère

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Paul Bocuse

By Paul Bocuse

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

4 ½ oz. (125 g) salt pork or bacon
2 ¼ lb. (1</

Side dish
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 425°F (210°C).

Remove the rind from the salt pork or bacon, and cut the salt pork or bacon into ½-in. (1-cm) cubes. Brown the salt pork or bacon in an ungreased frying pan, then drain on paper towels and reserve.

Peel the potatoes, wash them, and cut them into thin slices. Blanch the tomatoes, remove the hard part near the stem (peduncle), and slice the tomat