Swiss baked potatoes with cheese and bacon

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 42 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake potatoes with bacon in the oven? To prepare delicious Swiss potatoes, prepare the necessary ingredients. Select small tubers of the same size so that they bake evenly and at the same time. You can use olive or sunflower oil.

2. STEP 2

   

   Peel the potatoes. Place the tubers in a baking dish and pour over vegetable oil. Toss the potatoes until all the potatoes are evenly coated with oil. Place the pan in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake the potatoes for about 40 minutes until golden brown. Turn the potatoes over periodically and brush with vegetable oil from the bottom of the pan.

3. STEP 3

   

   While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the sauce. You can use raw smoked or cooked smoked bacon. Use cream with a fat content of 20%. To enhance the mushroom flavor of the sauce, I used processed cheese with mushrooms. But you can also use regular processed cream cheese without additives.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut the champignons into thin slices.

5. STEP 5

   

   Cut the bacon into thin slices.

6. STEP 6

   

   Grate the cheese on a fine or medium grater

7. STEP 7

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan with thick bottom and walls. Add the mushrooms and bacon and fry over medium heat for 10 minutes until golden brown.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour the cream into the pan, add salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir and simmer over low heat for another 3 minutes.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add grated cheese to the mushrooms. Mix everything thoroughly and simmer for about 2 minutes until the cheese melts.

10. STEP 10

    

    Add processed cheese with mushrooms, sour cream to the pan and mix the sauce well until smooth. Bring the sauce back to a boil and remove from heat.

11. STEP 11

    

    If the potatoes are not ready by the time you prepare the sauce, cover the pan with a lid to prevent the sauce from drying out.

12. STEP 12

    

    Remove the cooked potatoes from the oven. It should be soft, with a golden brown crust.

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the baked potatoes on a plate. Pour the sauce with mushrooms and bacon over the potatoes, sprinkle with chopped herbs and serve. Bon appetit!