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

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

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.