Mini Gouda Stuffed Potatoes Recipes

STUFFED BABY RED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes; place in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain., When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato. Scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell. (Cut thin slices from potato bottoms to level if necessary.), In a large bowl, mash the potato tops and pulp with butter. Set aside 2 tablespoons each of cheese and bacon for garnish; add remaining cheese and bacon to potatoes. Stir in the sour cream, egg, salt and pepper. Spoon mixture into potato shells. Top with remaining cheese and bacon; sprinkle with paprika., Place in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375° until a thermometer reads 160°, 12-18 minutes.

CHEESY POTATO GRATIN STACKS (MUFFIN TIN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C (all oven types).
• Brush muffin tin with butter: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat then use what you need to lightly brush the muffin tin holes with butter. (Remaining butter is for the cream sauce)
• Cream sauce: Into the remaining butter, add garlic and cook for 20 seconds. Add cream and salt then bring to a simmer. Simmer for 30 seconds, then remove from stove and keep warm.
• Slice potato: Peel potatoes. Trim base so it stands upright. Then cut into cylinder shapes that fit tge muffi tin. Cut into 2mm/ 1/10" slices using a mandolin or sharp knife.
• Assemble stacks: Place potato slices into the muffin tin so they go halfway up the muffin tin holes. Try to match by size to make them into neat stacks.
• Cream: Drizzle each potato stack with 1 tsp of cream mixture - use 1/2 of the mixture.
• Cheese slice: Top with cheese slice.
• Top with potato, cream then thyme: Top each stack with remaining potato slices so the height is about 1cm / 1/3" above the rim of the muffin tin (they sink once baked). Drizzle with remaining cream mixture and sprinkle with most of the thyme (reserve some for topping).
• Baked 40 minutes: Cover loosely with foil and bake for 40 minutes or until potato is cooked through. A small sharp knife should go through without any resistance.
• Top with cheese, bake 10 minutes: Remove from oven, sprinkle with shredded cheese and bake without foil for 10 minutes or until golden.
• Garnish with thyme: Sprinkle with remaining thyme.
• Stand 5 minutes then remove to serve. Use a tablespoon or butter knife to help scope them out. (Note 3)
• To Serve: Dinner - serve as a side. Finger food - serve warm as is. Breakfast - serve with eggs and bacon.

MINI TWICE BAKED POTATO APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 degrees F. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the potatoes in the olive oil, 1/2 of the thyme, salt, and pepper. Pierce the potatoes once with a fork.
• Bake the potatoes for 20 to 25 minutes, until they feel tender when pierced with a toothpick. Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool enough to handle.
• With a sharp knife, slice the tops off of the potatoes and scoop out the flesh into a bowl. Discard the tops.
• With a potato masher or a large fork, mash the potatoes. Add the bacon, chives (reserving some for sprinkling later), salt and pepper to taste, the rest of the thyme, the onions, and the sour cream, and mix until combined.
• With a small spoon, stuff the mixture in all of the potato shells, mounding the tops. Place the shells on a baking sheet (I used the same one I just used to bake the potatoes) and top each with the Parmesan cheese. At this point, you can refrigerate the potatoes to bake later if you prefer.
• Heat the oven to 450 degrees F. Bake the potatoes for 10 to 15 minutes, until heated through. Garnish with the rest of the chives.

CLASSIC STUFFED TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Scrub and pierce potatoes.
• Bake for one hour, or until fully cooked.
• Remove potatoes from oven and let cool slightly.
• Cut potatoes in half and scoop out potato, being careful not to tear the skins, and place in a large bowl.
• Set skins aside.
• Add butter and salt to potatoes; mash until smooth.
• Add sour cream; mash until combined.
• Add cheese; mash until combined.
• Add one tablespoon of milk; mash.
• If the mixture needs to be more creamy, add more milk, one tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.
• Add additional salt to taste, if needed.
• Fill empty skins with potato mixture.
• Top each potato with a half slice of cheese.
• Return to oven and reheat until hot.
• *Note*You may also refrigerate them to reheat at a later time, or you can freeze them.
• If you freeze them, delay placing the cheese slices on top until you are ready to bake them. You might want to add more milk to the mix before filling the potatoes because after freezing they seem to reheat a little less creamy.

POTATO-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Prepare potatoes with milk and butter according to package directions. Stir in dressing mix and season with pepper; set aside., Cut peppers in half lengthwise; do not remove the tops. Remove stems and seeds. Place in an ungreased microwave-safe 13x9-in. dish., Cover and microwave on high for 5 minutes. Spoon potatoes into pepper halves. Cover and microwave on high for 3-4 minutes or until peppers are tender. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika.

TWICE-BAKED GOUDA-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Scrub and dry potatoes. Rub surface with a little vegetable oil or vegetable shortening. Prick in several places with fork.
• Bake in preheated oven for approximately 1 hour or test for doneness by gently squeezing the middle of the potato, using a pot holder. If it gives in easily to your touch, it is done. Remove potatoes to a work surface.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and allow to cool long enough to handle. Scoop out flesh with a spoon, being careful to leave shells intact (about 1/4-inch thick) and place in a bowl. Add 1 cup of the cheese, plus the sour cream, heavy cream, butter, green onion, parsley, salt and pepper to the potato flesh. Mash with potato masher or beat until just smooth with an electric mixer.
• Fill potato shells with potato mixture; sprinkle with bacon and remaining cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden. Garnish with minced fresh parsley.

MINI GOUDA-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lay bacon strips on the foil in an even layer.
• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and allow to cool slightly.
• Place bacon in the preheated oven and bake until browned and crisp, about 15 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and chop into tiny pieces when cool enough to handle. Leave oven on.
• Mix cream cheese, Gouda cheese, milk, butter, chives, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Mix in chopped bacon.
• Cut each potato lengthwise. Use a small spoon or melon baller to carefully scoop out some (but not all) of the flesh from the centers. Add potato flesh to the cream cheese mixture and mix until creamy.
• Fill each potato half with 1 rounded tablespoon cream cheese mixture and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake until filling is hot and looks melted, 20 to 25 minutes.