Twice Baked Potatoes With Goat Cheese And Chives Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Pierce each potato several times with a fork and bake until tender, about 1 hour. Remove the potatoes from the oven and reduce the temperature to 375 degrees F.
• Let the potatoes rest until cooled slightly. Slicing lengthwise, cut the top quarter off of each of the potatoes. Reserve the tops. Carefully scoop most of the insides of the potatoes into a bowl, leaving the shell intact. Add the sour cream, 3 tablespoons of butter and chives. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in 1/2 cup cheese.
• Refill the shells with the potato mixture and transfer to a rimmed baking sheet and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Brush the reserved potato tops with the remaining 1 tablespoon butter and put on the baking sheet. Bake until the potatoes are heated through and the tops are crisp, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Prick each potato a few times with a fork. Place in the oven and cook for 1 hr. Remove from the oven and, using a tea towel to protect your hands, cut them in half lengthwise. Use a spoon and scoop out the flesh, leaving behind enough skin and flesh to form a shell.
• Heat the grill. Place the potato halves, cut side up, onto a baking tray. Brush with a little melted butter then grill for 3-5 mins until starting to crisp. Meanwhile mash the potato flesh with 100g of goat's cheese, any leftover butter and cream, then season well. Spoon a little mash back into each potato shell, then top with a slice of goat's cheese. Place under the grill and cook for 5 mins until golden.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Rub potatoes with olive oil and salt; pierce each several times with a fork and arrange onto a baking sheet about 6 inches apart.
• Bake in preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 50 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool until cool enough to handle, keeping oven heat at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Halve potatoes lengthwise and scoop potato from each half into a bowl, leaving about 1/4 inch of the potato attached to the skin all the way around.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute garlic in butter until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir scooped potato, Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream, and most of the green onion together with the garlic and butter; cook and stir the mixture until heated and smooth, about 5 minutes.
• Scoop the potato mixture into the potato skins and arrange onto the baking sheet.
• Bake in oven until heated through, 15 to 20 minutes. Garnish with remaining green onion, bacon, and paprika.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Rub oil over potatoes. Pierce potatoes in several places with a fork. Place directly on oven rack. Bake until tender, about 45 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool for 10 minutes. Using oven mitts, cut off top 1/4 of each potato. Scoop out potato flesh, leaving 1/2" thick shell. Set shells aside. Mash potatoes until smooth. Mix in cheese, then half and half, butter and chives. Season taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon potato filling into pastry bag with large star tip, or into heavy duty freezer bag with small hole cut in one corner. Squeeze potato filling into each potato shell. Place potatoes on baking sheet.
• Bake potatoes until filing is heat and tops are brown, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a small bowl combine oil, salt and pepper. Rub potato skins with oil mixture.
• Bake potatoes (do not wrap in foil) in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until soft.
• Remove potatoes from oven and slice skin off of the top. Scoop the flesh into a large bowl, reserving the intact skins. To the potatoes add cheese, egg, butter and half of the green onions. Mash potatoes while gradually adding milk. Spoon the mixture into the skins and top with remaining onions and paprika.
• Bake for an additional 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Position racks in the top and middle of the oven, and heat oven to 400 degrees. Take the butter out of the refrigerator to soften. Scrub the potatoes clean and pat them dry. Poke holes all over them with a fork. In a large bowl, toss them with the oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Place the potatoes directly on the top rack, and place a baking sheet or a piece of foil on the middle rack to catch drips. Bake for about 1 hour, until the skin is crisp and potatoes offer no resistance when a knife is inserted in their centers. Remove from the oven and let sit until cool enough to handle.
• Slice the top third lengthwise off the potatoes. Use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, leaving 1/4-inch border of potato on the skin, and transfer the flesh to a medium bowl. Scrape the potato tops of all flesh, and add the flesh to the bowl. Place the bottoms on a parchment-lined baking sheet. (Snack on the tops - chef's treat - or discard.)
• Mash the potato flesh with a fork or potato masher. Add the butter, and stir until smooth (try not to overwork). Add the milk, sour cream and cheese and stir to combine. (If you want the filling softer, add more milk.) Season generously with salt and pepper. Stir in the chives, if using.
• Mound each potato skin with a quarter of the filling. Bake the potatoes until warmed through, about 10 minutes. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Bake potatoes in oven until easily pierced with fork.
• (I do not recommend microwaving them, it makes the skin very soft and potatoes will fall apart when stuffing) Cut off, lengthwise, top 1/3 of potatoes.
• Scoop out potato with spoon into a medium mixing bowl, leaving shells intact.
• Add butter, cheese, salt, and pepper to potatoes.
• Blend with a hand-held mixer, adding milk a little bit at a time until mixture is creamy but still pretty thick (you may not need all of the milk, or you may need more, depending on the potatoes used, how long they were baked, etc.).
• Using a spoon, scoop potato mixture back into emptied shells.
• It is ok if the potatoes are stuffed over the top.
• Bake in a 375 oven for 20-25 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly and potatoes are brown on top.
• Sprinkle with chives before serving.