Cheesy Potato Skins With Sun Dried Tomatoes Recipes

Steps:

• 1. preheat oven to 375°
• 2. bake potatoes for 50 minutes or until tender. Let cool. Cut each potato in half. Scoop out the pulp with a spoon, leaving 1/4 inch of potato in each half. Cut each half in half again to form quarters.
• 3. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Place potato quarters in a pan and bake for 15 minutes. This will crisp them up so that they can be picked up easily.
• 4. Place potato pulp in a bowl and mash with a potato masher. Stir in sour cream, cheeses, tomatoes, green onions and parsley. With your hands, divided mixture evenly among the potato skins, pressing into the skins. Sprinkle with pepper and bake for 15 minutes. Serve warm. Makes 16 servings.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prick potatoes several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven. Turn on the broiler to the low setting.
• When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them lengthwise and scoop out flesh to within 1/4 inch of skin. Reserve flesh for another use.
• Brush inside of potato skins with butter. Add 2 tablespoons cheese to each one, sprinkle with seasoned salt, and top with bacon.
• Return to the oven and broil until cheese is melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve with sour cream and scallions.

Steps:

• Core the stem area out from each tomato.
• Cut each tomato in half crosswise.
• Take each tomato half in hand- with the cut-side out- and give it a quick, gentle squeeze to force out the seeds.
• Use a finger to sweep remaining seeds out.
• Place each tomato, cut-side up, on a cookie sheet.
• Spray or drizzle olive oil across the top of each tomato half.
• Sprinkle garlic, basil, oregano across the tomatoes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bake in a 200°F oven for 4-6 hours or until the tomatoes are"dry" to the touch.
• When they are cool, cut each tomato half in quarters and store in fridge-- or start nibbling immediately.

Steps:

• Place sun-dried tomatoes in small bowl. Pour enough hot water over to cover tomatoes; let stand until softened, about 5 minutes. Drain. Return tomatoes to bowl; stir in 1/4 cup Parmesan and oil.
• Cook potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain. Return potatoes to pot. Stir over medium heat until excess moisture evaporates, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add milk, half and half, 2 tablespoons butter, salt, nutmeg and pepper to potatoes. Mash until smooth.
• Butter 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish. Spread half of mashed potatoes in prepared dish. Sprinkle sun-dried tomato mixture over. Spread remaining mashed potatoes over. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan. Dot with remaining 1 tablespoon butter. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake potatoes uncovered until heated through and top is golden brown, about 35 minutes (or up to 45 minutes if refrigerated).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Bake potatoes 50 minutes or until tender. Let cool.
• Cut each potato in half.
• With a spoon, scoop out pulp leaving 1/4-inch of potato in each half. Set pulp aside.
• Cut each skin half in half again to form quarters.
• Season the skins with salt and pepper and bake for 15 minutes.
• Mash 1 cup potato pulp with a potato masher.
• Stir in sour cream, cheese, tomatoes, green onions and parsley. (Mixture will be sticky and hold together.).
• With your hands, divide the mixture evenly between the potato skins, pressing the mixture into the skins.
• Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper and bake for 15 minutes. Serve warm.