Jacket Potatoes with Cheese

Jacket Potatoes with Cheese

From   Firangi Tadka

Prep: 25 minutes

Cook: 1 hour 25 minutes

Method: Moderate

Course: Starter

Type: Continental

Key Ingredients:

Treat your guests with these baked potato jackets oozing with cheese at your next party

Ingredients

  • Large potatoes, washed thoroughly but unpeeled 4
  • Oil 6 tsps
  • Medium onion, finely chopped 1
  • Green capsicum (hari shimla mirch), finely chopped ½ cup
  • Red capsicum (lal shimla mirch), finely chopped 1 cup
  • Milk 2 tbsps
  • Sour cream 2 tbsps
  • Processed cheese, grated 1½ cups
  • Butter 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste

Methods

  • Preheat oven to 180 ºC.
  • Rub about 1 tsp of oil on each potato and pierce several times with a knife (so that it bakes completely). Sprinkle salt over them and place them in a greased baking dish. Place the dish in the preheated oven and bake for 1 hour.
  • Halve the baked potatoes without removing peel. Scoop out the pulp into a bowl without disturbing skin. Set the skins aside. Mash the potato pulp.
  • To make the stuffing, heat 2 tsps of oil in a non-stick pan, add onion, green capsicum and red capsicum and saute for 2-3 minutes or till soft.
  • Remove the pan from heat and add mashed potatoes, milk, sour cream and 1 cup grated cheese. Add butter and mix everything well.
  • Place the potato skins on a greased baking dish, put some stuffing mixture in each. Sprinkle salt and remaining grated cheese on top of each.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes and serve hot.