Batatas a murro (Portuguese "punched" baked potatoes)

This is the traditional Portuguese way of baking potatoes. The Portuguese usually serve them with baked salt cod or octopus or even roast pork. A very practical side dish if you are already using the oven to cook something else at the same time.

Ingredients

• medium-sized potatoes (2 per person)
• coarse sea salt
• olive oil
• 3 cloves of garlic

1. Wash the potatoes and place them in a baking dish on top of a bed of coarse sea salt
2. Bake until soft (around 30 minutes - the salt speeds up the cooking)
3. Remove the excess salt and punch the potatoes with a wooden spoon so that the skin breaks
   
4. Heat up the olive oil and the garlic in a shallow frying pan
5. Mix in the punched potatoes and serve.