Hasselback Potato

 1.5h   225°C    45 min  

Credit: traditional    Tagged on: Vegetarian    Cuisine: Sweden

3-4 potatoes per person
melted butter
salt
(bread crumbs)

Peal the potatoes. Cut them almost through, in thin slices. Put the potatoes, with the cut side upwards in an oven tray. Brush the potatoes with the melted butter and sprinkle with salt. Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes in 225ºC, until soft.

Brush a few times during baking.

Optional, spread bread crumbs or cheese on top during the last minutes of baking.

Hasselback potato was invented in 1953, by Leif Eriksson, a chef at Hasselbacken restaurant in Stockholm.

Hasselback Potato