Pepperoni pizza jacket potatoes recipe

Name: Pepperoni pizza jacket potatoes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 baking potatoes, scrubbed clean and pricked all over with a fork; 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 4 tbsp tomato and basil sauce; 30g pizza pepperoni slices, roughly chopped; 4 chestnut mushrooms, thinly sliced; 125g ball mozzarella, drained and roughly torn; 10g basil, leaves picked

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

Give your jacket potato a glow-up with this epic pizza-inspired topping idea. Spoon tomato sauce over your potato, then top with pepperoni, mushrooms and mozzarella and bake until the cheese is melted - wow!

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Serves 4
15 mins to prepare and 45 mins to cook
342 calories / serving

Gluten-free

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Tesco Baking Potatoes 4 Pack
4 baking potatoes, scrubbed clean and pricked all over with a fork
£0.85
£0.21/each
Tesco Extra Virgin Olive Oil 250Ml
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
£3.40
£13.60/litre
Tesco Reduced Sugar & Salt Ketchup 530G
4 tbsp tomato and basil sauce
£1.15
£2.17/kg
Properoni Classic Sliced Pepperoni 80g
30g pizza pepperoni slices, roughly chopped
£3.00
£37.50/kg
Tesco British Baby Chestnut Mushrooms 150g
4 chestnut mushrooms, thinly sliced
£1.15
£7.67/kg
Creamfields Mozzarella 210G
Aldi Price Match
125g ball mozzarella, drained and roughly torn
£0.55
£4.40/kg DR.WT
Tesco Fresh Cut Basil 30G
Aldi Price Match
10g basil, leaves picked
£0.50
£16.67/kg

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C.
Put the potatoes on a plate and microwave on high for 15 mins. Carefully turn over, using a pair of tongs, and microwave for a further 10-15 mins until they are soft in the centre. Cook for a little longer if your potatoes are particularly large.
Once the potato is cool enough to handle, rub the skin with the oil then cut a cross in the top, and mash the inside with a fork until fluffy. Spoon the tomato sauce over the potato and top with the pepperoni, mushrooms and mozzarella. Bake in the oven for 10-15 mins until the potato skin is crisp and the mozzarella is melted and golden.
Serve topped with basil leaves and a grind of black pepper.
For easy jacket potatoes that are extra crispy, prick the skin, rub evenly with oil and a pinch of sea salt and place in the air-fryer basket. Cook at 200°C for 20 mins, before turning and cooking for another 10 mins until a knife passes easily through the flesh.