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I found this recipe couple of days ago, and i though it could be interesting to share it on my blog! I tried it and it was so good! So give it a try yourself!

Bacon-Wrapped Potato Bites with Spicy Sour Cream Dipping Sauce
makes about three dozen bites

1 pound small or medium red potatoes
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped, fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
freshly ground pepper
12 ounces-to-1 pound thick-cut bacon
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1 teaspoon hot sauce
salt and pepper

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Wash and dry the potatoes. Chop them into 1-inch pieces, keeping the chunks roughly the same size, even if they aren’t the exact same shape. Put the potatoes in a medium pot, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil. Season the water with salt. Once the water begins to boil, cook the potatoes for about 3 to 4 minutes, until you can stick a fork into them without too much resistance. You want the potatoes to be almost, but not fully, cooked through (so they won’t fall apart during the next steps).

Drain the potatoes and put them in a large bowl. Add the rosemary, olive oil, salt, and a few grinds of pepper, and toss until the potatoes are evenly coated.

Cut the strips of bacon in half (with a short, vertical slice). Wrap each piece of potato in a half-strip of bacon, securing it with a toothpick. Put the potatoes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or aluminum foil. You may need to cook the potatoes in two batches.

Cook the potatoes for 15 minutes, then flip each piece. Cook for another 10 to 15 minutes, until the bacon is cooked through and crisp. Mix the sour cream and hot sauce in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Pile the potato bites on a plate and serve alongside the dip.

Ingredients
10 slices of bacon cut into squares
2 medium potatoes peeled and cubed
1 large onion finely chopped
2 carrots finely chopped
3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
2 bay leaves
chicken or vegetable stock as needed to soak all the ingredients
salt and pepper to taste

In a saucepan heat three tablespoons of vegetable oil over a moderate heat, add the chopped onions and saute until cook. Add in the bacon, the cubed carrots and potatoes and saute them. Finally add the stock until all the ingredients are finely covered, and add the bay leaf. Bring the sauce to a boil, then lower the heat, cover and simmer for approximately 20 minutes. Finely season with salt and pepper.

Ingredients
500g of beef meat cubed
5 tablespoons of flour seasoned with salt and pepper
6 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 onion peeled and sliced
2 carrots peeled and sliced
350 ml of beef stock
500g of peeled, cubed and parboiled potatoes
1 packet of short crust pastry
salt and pepper
1 beaten egg

sprinkle the flour over the cubed meat and mix it well
Place the saucepan on a medium heat, add the oil and allow it to warm through. Add the meat and the onions stir well until the meat is brown.
Add the carrots and the beef stock. Season with salt and pepper stir well and bring to the boil. Cover and turn the heat down to a simmer. Cook for 1 hour until the meat is tender.
Add the parboiled potatoes to the cooked meat and stir well.
Carefully pour the pan of meat into an oven proof dish and lay the pre rolled pastry over the dish and brush it with beaten eggs wash to help it brown.
Place the pie in the bottom of a pre heated oven and bake until its golden brown.
Serve the dish along with some fresh green vegetables.

Step1
Cut the potatoes down to the size of wedge potatoes.

The heaviest potato in the world has been dug up by Khalil Semhat in Tyre (southern Lebanon). The potato weighs 11.3 kilos and has grown that big without any use of fertilizer or chemical products. Mr Khalil Semhat said that he has been working the land ever since he was a boy and that he was astonished by the size of this giant potato. He finally added that he hopes that his potato will be recognized as the world’s heaviest potato.