Garlic Mushrooms

Ingredients (for 2 jacket potatoes)

• Washed and graded baking potatoes
• 2 small cloves of crushed garlic
• 175g (6oz) sliced mushrooms
• 2 x 15ml spn (2 tblspn) cream cheese or sour cream
• 2 x 15ml spn (2 tblspn) freshly chopped herbs (rosemary, parsley & thyme)
• salt/ground pepper to taste

Directions

1. Don your oven gloves and always use them when operating a hot oven!
2. Place the potatoes in a pre-heated oven at 200°C, a King Edward oven will bake the potatoes in around 60 minutes.
3. To make the garlic mushrooms melt the butter in a saucepan, add the garlic and mushrooms and cook gently for 5 - 10 minutes depending on the variety, (wild mushrooms need to be cooked thoroughly).
4. Stir in the cream cheese and continue cooking for 1 minute. Add the herbs and season to taste, add more cream if required.
5. When the potatoes are cooked cut a cross in the top, squeeze the base gently so the inside is exposed and spoon the hot filling on top.
6. Adjust the quantities according to the amount of toppings you need at the time.