French Market Recipe 2023 41 Pomme de terre au Munster Munster and potato bake

• 2 large potatoes
• 100g Munster d’Alsace
• 4 slices of bacon
• 2g cumin seeds
• Ground black pepper
• 100ml of cider
• 5g of butter

Directions:

1. Boil the potatoes in their skins for 20 minutes in salted water.
2. Preheat the oven to 180C degrees.
3. Grease the inside of a baking dish.
4. Slice the Munster into thin slices.
5. Once the potatoes are cooked, leave the skins on the potatoes and slice in half length ways.
6. Use a teaspoon and remove the centre of the potato.
7. Place slices of the Munster in the centres of each potato half.
8. Wrap the bacon around the potato halves.
9. Place the potato halves bottom side down in the baking dish.
10. Pour the cider around the potatoes.
11. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes.
12.  Turn off the oven and switch on the grill to crisp the bacon.
13. Remove from the oven when bacon is lightly crisp.
14. Grate black pepper over the dish
15. Sprinkle with cumin seeds.

Serve straight away while hot, accompanied by a crisp green salad. I suggest try pairing this robust and hearty dish with a glass of cider.