Bacon Wrapped Potatoes Recipe with Cheese Dip served on a pale grey speckled round plate

Baby new potatoes wrapped in bacon with harissa cheese dip

Name: Baby new potatoes wrapped in bacon with harissa cheese dip
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 500g baby new potatoes, (see notes below); 180g soft cheese; 2 tbsp rose harissa; 6-8 chives, very finely snipped; 10 rashers smoked streaky bacon, halved lengthways; for frying vegetable oil

Preparation and cooking time
- Total time45 mins
Easy
Serves 4-6

Ingredients

500g baby new potatoes, (see notes below)
180g soft cheese
2 tbsp rose harissa
6-8 chives, very finely snipped
10 rashers smoked streaky bacon, halved lengthways
for frying vegetable oil

Method

STEP 1
Soak 18 small wooden skewers in cold water for 30 minutes or use metal skewers.
STEP 2
Cook the new potatoes in a pan of boiling salted water for 15-20 minutes or until tender to the point of a knife, then run under cold water to cool. Drain, then tip onto kitchen paper to dry.
STEP 3
Whip the soft cheese with the rose harissa, chives and a generous seasoning of salt and pepper, and 1-2 tbsp of warm water to thin down the cream cheese to a dip-like consistency.
STEP 4
Lay out the strips of bacon and season, then roll each potato in a strip of bacon. Skewer each potato through the bacon.
STEP 5
Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat or cook over indirect heat on a BBQ. Drizzle a little oil onto each potato, then fry for about 5 minutes on all sides until the bacon is crisp and well-browned. Serve them with the harissa cheese dip on the side.