Twice-Baked Potatoes With Blue Cheese and Rosemary |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 11 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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If you like blue cheese you will LOVE this recipe. It is easy and really great. Awesome with any kind of baked or roasted meat. From Bon Appetit Every-Night Cooking. Ingredients:
60 ounces russet potatoes, rinsed, dried |
1/4 cup sour cream |
6 tablespoons sour cream |
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese (packed) |
6 teaspoons crumbled blue cheese |
1/4 cup butter, room temperature (1/2 stick) |
2 garlic cloves, minced |
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Pierce potatoes with toothpick or fork.
3. Place on oven rack; bake until cooked through, about 1 hour 15 minutes (or microwave on high until tender, turning once, 10 to 15 minutes).
4. Transfer to baking sheet; cool 5 minutes.
5. Cut off top third of each potato.
6. Scoop flesh from bottoms into bowl, leaving 1/4-inch-thick shell.
7. Scoop flesh from tops; add to bowl. Discard tops.
8. Add 1/4 cup sour cream, 1/4 cup blue cheese, butter, garlic and rosemary to potato flesh; mash.
9. Season with salt and pepper.
10. Transfer mixture to pastry bag fitted with large star tip; pipe mixture into potato shells, dividing equally. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and chill.).
11. Preheat oven to 400°F
12. Bake potatoes on baking sheet until heated through and beginning to brown, about 25 minutes.
13. Spoon 1 tablespoon sour cream atop each potato.
14. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon blue cheese over each potato and serve.
15. Variation:.
16. For a tangy, mellow flavor, try soft fresh goat cheese in place of the blue cheese.
17. Do-Ahead:.
18. Note that these potatoes keep for two days in the refrigerator.
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