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These buttery hasselback potatoes make the perfect Christmas Potatoes, they are the perfect festive side dish that your entire family will love.

In my mind, the perfect Christmas dinner is these potatoes served with an easy glazed ham, garlic green beans. and honeyed carrots.

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Baked Christmas potatoes with chives and bacon garnished on top.

Ingredients you will need

Ingredients for Christmas Potatoes on benchtop with text overlay.

Ingredient Notes, Substitutes, & Alternatives

Christmas Ham: I make my Christmas Potatoes with ham, as my family usually has a ham for Christmas, but you could substitute the ham for bacon, or turkey.
Potatoes: To make good hasselback potatoes you need a starchy/floury type potato. In New Zealand I typically choose an Agria potato. Other floury varieties include: Desiree, Ilam Hardy, King Edward, Maris Piper, Yukon Gold and Russet potatoes.
Butter: I love the flavor butter brings to potatoes. If you would like this recipe to be dairy-free you could use a vegan butter or olive oil.
Chives: For me potatoes, butter and chives are a match made in heaven, but your favourite green herb will work as a garnish: Rosemary, parsley, thyme.

Step-by-step instructions

Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Christmas Potatoes recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.

Step one: Preheat your oven to 220 degrees celsius (425 F), and wash your potatoes.

Cut your potatoes in half lengthways.

Lie a chopstick on either side of a halved potato, Make thin slices across your potato, the chopsticks will stop you from cutting your potatoes all the way through. Move the chopsticks so they are now at either end of your sliced potato, thinly slice along the length of your potato, perpendicular to your last set of cuts. you should now have squares cut though your potato. Repeat this process with all of your halved potatoes.

Potatoes cut in half length ways in roasting dish, one half potato on chopping board with two chopsticks on either side with knife cutting little squares into it.

Step two: Line a rimmed baking tray or roasting tray with baking or parchment paper. Arrange your sliced potatoes on the lined tray. Add the crushed garlic to the melted butter, then brush your potatoes with the garlic butter, getting into as many knocks and crannies as possible.

Baking dish lined with parchment paper with sliced potatoes inside, hand brushing melted garlic butter onto potatoes.

Step three: Bake in the hot oven for 15 minutes.

Remove the potatoes from the oven, sprinkle with the diced ham and then baste the potatoes with more of the melted garlic butter.

Roasted sliced potatoes in a baking dish on benchtop with christmas checkered tea towel.

Step four: Remove the potatoes from the oven, sprinkle with the diced ham and then baste the potatoes with more of the melted garlic butter.

Return to the oven for a further 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are golden brown and the flesh fork tender.

Baking dish with baked potatoes inside and diced bacon sprinkled on top on benchtop with christmas checkered tea towels.

Step five: Baste the potatoes with a little more garlic butter, season with salt and pepper and garnish with chopped chives.

Enjoy!

Tips & Tricks

Here is how you can make these Christmas Potatoes perfectly every time!

I love making hasselback potatoes with cross-hatched slices, as the more surface area the more buttery and flavorful the potatoes can get. You can make traditional hasselback potatoes where you just thinly slice the potatoes in one direction.
Steer clear of waxy potato varieties, you will never get a good hasselback potato with them. New potatoes are usually waxy as are Jersey Bene and Nadine.
For an extra flavor hit sprinkle the potatoes with a little parmesan cheese before serving.
If you don't have chopsticks a wooden skewer will work just as well.

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How To Make This Recipe Suitable For Baby-Led-Weaning

These potatoes when cooked to fork tender can be suitable for baby-led weaning.
You might consider skipping the ham on the portion you serve to your little one as processed meats can be high in salt.

Christmas potatoes garnished with bacon and chives, served on a plate with asparagus broccoli and Christmas ham with jam on top.

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