I love roast potatoes, this is just a different way of doing them and serves 4.

You will need:

• 8 peeled potatoes,
• 50g / 2oz melted butter,
• 1 tablespoon dried bread crumbs,
• Salt

And this is what you do:

1. Preheat the oven to Gas 7 / 210C
2. Push a skewer lenghtways through the lower part of the potatoes,
3. Slice the potatoes as far down as the skewer so they sort of look like a hedgehog,
4. Remove the skewers and put the potatoes into a lightly greased oven proof dish,
5. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with salt,
6. Roast for 40-45 mins and sprinkle with breadcrumbs 10mins before the end