Hasselback potatoes with pesto

Total: 1 hr 20 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 4 person

Hasselback potatoes
800 g potatoes
½ tsp salt
a little  pepper
50 g butter, cut into small pieces
Bake
250 g carrots, cut lengthways into six pieces
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp butter
¼ tsp salt
Pesto
100 g almonds
180 g basil pesto
90 g green olives, roughly chopped
100 g crème fraîche

How it's done

Hasselback potatoes

Place the potatoes on a tablespoon one at a time, carefully cut thin slices into the potatoes but do not cut all the way through. Place the potatoes on a baking tray lined with baking paper, season. Spread the butter over the top.

Bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 220°C. Combines the carrots, sugar and butter, season with salt, add to the potatoes, bake for another 20 mins. or so.

Pesto

Without adding any oil, toast the almonds in a frying pan until golden brown, chop roughly. Mix the pesto, olives and almonds. Scatter over the potatoes and carrots. Spread with crème fraîche.

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