Stuffed Potato Ghosts Food

STUFFED POTATO GHOSTS

Steps:

• Bake fingerling potatoes at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until tender; set aside. , Meanwhile, pierce baking potato several times with a fork. Microwave for 6-7 minutes or until tender. Cut in half and scoop out pulp; discard shell. Place pulp in a small bowl; mash. Stir in the sour cream, cream cheese, butter, salt and pepper until smooth. , Cut each fingerling in half lengthwise. Spoon about 1 tablespoon mashed potato mixture over each potato half. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet. , Cut each cheese slice into six rectangles; place one on each stuffed potato. (Save remaining cheese for another use.) Bake at 350° for 10-11 minutes or until cheese is melted and potatoes are heated through. Position olives and green onions on each for eyes and mouths.

WICKED WITCH STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until tender. , When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell. In a small bowl, mash the pulp. Stir in 1/2 cup cheese, milk, butter and salt. Spoon into potato shells. Sprinkle with remaining cheese., Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 5-10 minutes or until cheese is melted., Using the tomato halves, olive slices, serrano peppers and pepper strips, create a face on each potato half. Add corn chip hats.

POTATO GHOSTS

Steps:

• Peel and quarter potatoes, then cover with water in a 4-quart pot and season well with salt. Simmer, partially covered, until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• While potatoes are simmering, heat butter and milk in a small saucepan until butter is melted. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.
• Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle.
• Drain potatoes and force through ricer into a large bowl (or mixer bowl if using stand mixer). Beat in milk mixture, yolks, and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper with an electric mixer at low speed until combined.
• Spread about one-third of potatoes in a buttered 1 1/2-quart shallow ovenproof dish. Transfer remaining potatoes to pastry bag. Pipe potatoes close together into 2 1/2- to 3-inch-high pointed mounds to form "'ghosts" and garnish each mound with 2 seeds for "eyes."
• Bake until tips of ghosts are golden and potatoes are firm, 20 to 25 minutes.

BALTIC STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Pierce the potatoes and bake them for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until cooked.
• Remove from the oven.
• When cool enough to handle, halve them and coop the potato flesh out into a bowl, leaving 3/4 inch shells.
• Season the shells with salt and pepper and keep to one side.
• In a small saute pan, melt the butter and fry the shallots, garlic and mushrooms until slightly colored, about 10 minutes.
• Mash the potato pulp well, adding the sauteed mushrooms, sour cream and tarragon.
• Season to taste and mix thoroughly.
• Stuff the mixture back into the potato shells, piling it high.
• Bake in the same hot oven until the potatoes are golden in color, about 15 to 20 minutes.

STUFFED POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the middle of each, leaving enough to keep the skin intact and stable.
• Put the raw potato flesh into a food processor along with onion, 1/4 cup of Cheddar cheese, sour cream, garlic, salt, and pepper. Blend ingredients together until it is the consistency of a very rough puree (be sure not to blend to a paste). Spoon mixture back into potato shells; top with the remaining Cheddar and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour.

DUCHESSE POTATO GHOSTS

Steps:

• Peel and quarter potatoes and in a large saucepan cover with salted cold water by 2 inches. Bring water to a boil and simmer potatoes until tender, about 15 minutes.
• While potatoes are simmering, in a small saucepan heat butter with milk over moderately low heat until melted and keep warm.
• Drain potatoes in a colander and force through a ricer or food mill into a bowl. With an electric mixer beat in milk mixture, yolks, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Spread about one third potatoes in a buttered 1-quart gratin dish and transfer remaining potatoes to a pastry bag fitted with a 3/4-inch plain tip. On potatoes in dish pipe potatoes close together into pointed mounds to form "ghosts" and garnish each mound with 2 seeds for ghosts' "eyes". Potatoes may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered loosely.
• Bake potatoes until heated through and tops of "ghosts" are golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

SUPER STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub and prick potatoes all over.
• Wrap individually in paper towels and microwave on high for about 10 min or until potatoes are soft, turning half way. (*I usually time it for 5 minutes for 1 potato and 2 minutes per additional potato*)
• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Slice tops off of potatoes and scoop out flesh into bowl leaving a thin wall in skin.
• Mash flesh with butter, milk, mustard, salt and pepper until smooth and well blended.
• Stir in broccoli, ham and cheese.
• Spoon mixture back into skins heaping if necessary.
• Place on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until heated through and tops are golden.