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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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These little guys would be great on Halloween! Ingredients:
4 pounds large potatoes |
3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into pieces |
1 1/4 cups milk |
3 large egg yolks |
small dark seeds such as black sesame seeds or nigella, cumin seeds or caraway seeds for eyes |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. Peel and quarter potatoes and in a large saucepan cover with salted cold water by 2 inches.
3. Bring water to a boil and simmer potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes
4. While potatoes are simmering, in a small saucepan heat butter with milk over moderately low heat until melted and keep warm.
5. Drain potatoes in a colander and place in a bowl.
6. With an electric mixer beat in milk mixture, yokes and salt and pepper to taste.
7. Spread about one third of the potatoes in a buttered 1 quart gratin dish and transfer remaining potatoes to a pastery bag fitted with a 3/4 inch plain tip.
8. Pipe potatoes close together into pointed mounds for form ghosts and garnish each mound with 2 seeds for ghosts' eyes.
9. Bake potatoes until heated through and tops of ghosts are golden, 15 to 20 minutes
10. Be very afraid.
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