The great thing about growing older is the fact that you have an abundance of food memories and every now and then you can dig one out and relive it. One such food memory for me is this Curried Egg Mayonnaise with Ham & Sweetcorn Jacket Potato.
When I was a teen there used to be a lovely eatery in Guildford called The Danish Kitchen (correct me if I’m wrong) and I’d often go there with my family for lunch. As well as the usual Danish open sandwiches (smørrebrød) they also had a counter serving jacket potatoes and this was my favourite filling.
I’ve made it a few times over the years but it’s been many many years since I last made this and it suddenly popped into my head the other day when I wanted something quick, delicious and easy to make for dinner. With summer here I want to eat more salad based meals and this fits in perfectly.
To makes things easy for yourself just boil up the eggs the night before and pop in the fridge ready to make up the filling the next day. If you find yourself short of time for baking the potatoes I’ll sometimes cheat and start them off in the microwave and then give them a blast in the oven to get that crispy skin that is oh so delicious.
What’s your favourite jacket potato filling? Do let me know in the comments below!
BREAKING NEWS 20/07/15
My Curried Egg Mayonnaise seems to be getting it’s own little fan club with Eamonn Holmes favouriting my tweet the other night and tonight the lovely Josie Gibson said this:
That looks incredible xx
— Josie Gibson (@Josiestweet) July 20, 2015
More Jacket Potato ideas
I asked some fellow bloggers for their favourite jacket potato fillings and recipes and here’s what they came up with:
- Minced Beef & Onions
- Baked Sweet Potato with Spiced Butter
- Peanut Butter Gravy
- Baked Potato Recipes
- Spicy Tuna Jacket Potatoes
As this Curried Egg Mayonnaise with Ham & Sweetcorn Jacket Potato is so frugal I’m entering it into Credit Crunch Munch which I run with Fuss Free Flavours and is this month hosted by Jen’s Food. I’m also entering Belleau Kitchen’s Simply Eggcellent challenge.
I’m sure you’ll love this recipe which is perfect for using up leftover Christmas ham! Do leave a comment and rating below when you make it!
Curried Egg Mayonnaise with Ham & Sweetcorn Jacket Potatoes
Ingredients
- 8 Eggs hard boiled and cooled
- 125 g Mayonnaise
- 4 Slices of ham chopped
- 1 165g Tin of Sweetcorn drained
- 1 tsp Mild Curry Powder
- 4 - 5 Baking potatoes large
- Knobs of butter
- Dusting of Cayenne Pepper optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Cut a cross into the top of each potato with a knife, place on a baking tray and bake for 1 – ½ hrs depending on the size of the potato.
- Chop the eggs using an egg slicer to slice in one direction and then turn the egg 90° to slice in the other direction and place in a large bowl.
- Add the mayonnaise, chopped ham, sweetcorn and curry powder and mix well.
- Place in the fridge until the potatoes are ready.
- Once the potatoes are ready, pinch the sides in (with clean oven gloves) to open up the potatoes and add a couple of knobs of butter to each.
- Spoon on the curried egg mayonnaise, dust with cayenne if wanted and serve with a salad.
- Any leftovers can be used up in sandwiches the next day.
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
I am like you in that I zap the taties in microwave when I run out of time. Plus OH has just turned up with a whole load of eggs from the farm shop so rather tempted by this.
Camilla
Oh lucky you having farm eggs, there’s such a difference!
Jacqueline Meldrum
A good reminder not to have the same old toppings on baked potatoes all the time. I’m going to try it without the ham.
Camilla
Thanks Jacqueline, yes it’s good to mix things up:-)
Choclette
I love jacket potatoes but hardly every make them as I don’t like having the oven on for so long. I’ve never thought to add egg as a filling, but can see it would be a good one. I tend to go with rather boring, but nonetheless delicious, cheese. That salad looks scrummy.
Camilla
Thanks Choclette, well you should use the microwave then in that case and just crisp up in the oven or I have seen you can slow cook jacket potatoes which is even more savvy!
LINSY PATEL
loved the whole platter
Ursula Hunt
great lunchtime recipe
Camilla
Thank you Ursula:-)
shobha
Drooling !
Such a delicious meal..
Camilla
Thanks Shobna:-)
Andrea @ The Petite Cook
Baking potatoes, what would the UK do without! I usually try to keep it light and mix mayo with yogurt or light sour cream, but I definitely need to add curry next time, great idea!
Camilla
Thanks Andrea:-)
Anukampa
Though am a pure vegetarian but love eating eggs occasionally. Your egg Mayo is quite tempting to try.
Thanks for sharing.
Camilla
Aah thank you Anukampa:-)
Paul Wilson
I’ll try adding some curry powder the next time I whip up a batch of mayonnaise.
Camilla
Great Paul:-)
Claire @foodiequine
For some reason I never think to have egg mayo on a baked potato although I love it in sandwiches. Egg Mayonaise/Marie Rose or Curried Eggs used to be my starter of choice in the 80’s! Bet it doesn’t appear on many menus these days.
Camilla
LOL Claire it was during the 80’s that I was eating this:-)