Hasselback Potatoes with Beef Mince

Ingredients

• 500g Grass Fed beef mince
• 2 tbsp of homemade taco seasoning
• 6 slices free range pasture fed bacon, diced
• 6 medium sized long potatoes.  Can also use sweet potatoe
• 6 tbsp butter
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 cup cheese, grated
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• Chives to garnish

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200°C.
• Prepare the potatoes by making thin slices along the potato without cutting all the way through to the bottom. Place on a prepared baking sheet. Rub the garlic and butter between the cuts.  Cook for 1 hour or until potatoes are tender.
• Whilst potatoes are cooking, pan fry bacon until crispy and set aside.  Without washing pan, add mince and brown, breaking up lumps as you go.  Add taco seasoning, 1/2 cup of water and simmer until mince is cooked and water absorbed.
• Remove the potatoes from the oven, stuff with beef mince mixture, sprinkle with cheese and return to the oven until the cheese has melted.
• Top with bacon, sour cream and chives and serve.

TIP: use chopsticks or a wooden spoon to stop you cutting all the way through the potatoes.