Volcano Potatoes Too Retro Recipes

BAKED POTATO VOLCANO

Steps:

• Bake the potatoes first. 425 degree oven for 45-60 minutes. Let cool.
• Scoop out about 1/3 of the potato (melon baller is suggested).
• Wrap bacon around potato, starting at base, about 3 strips per potato. Secure with toothpicks.
• Mix cream cheese, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, green onions, chilies, salt and pepper.
• Fill the potato with the cheese mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Top with folded slice of chedder per potato. Bake 5 minutes more to melt that cheese.
• Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Cut in half to display the melting volcano.

VOLCANO POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Peel cooked potatoes and mash in the hot drained pan they were boiled in. Mash thoroughly and then beat fluffy adding milk for your favorite desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• 2. Heap mixture in center of a greased pie plate or baking dish. Make a crater in the center the size of a custard cup.
• 3. Mix yolks, milk, butter, cheese, salt and pepper to taste. Pour into the crater. Bake in a very hot oven (450°F) until the topping browns, cracks and runs down the side of the potato volcano, about 15 minutes.

VOLCANO POTATOES

Steps:

• peel the potatoes and then cut them into 4 pieces.
• put the potatoes into a 2-quart saucepan. add enough cold water to cover them.
• turn the heat under the water on high & bring the water to a boil. large bubbles on the surface will burst when it's boiling.
• turn the heat down until the water simmers or bubbles slightly. put the lid on the saucepan and cook the potatoes for 20 minutes.
• after 20 minutes, insert a fork into a potato piece. if it goes in easily, the potatoes are done.
• place a colander into the sink. pour the potato water into the sink via colander.
• put the potatoes back into the saucepan. use a electric mixer to beat the potatoes until they are smooth.
• add all of the other ingrediants except the chees & paprika in with the potatoes, using the mixer to beat the potatoes until they are light and fluffy.
• preheat the oven to 350 degrees. use paper towels tto grease the baking dish with shortning. spoon 6 mounds of mashed potatoes, each about 3-inches high, into a baking dish.
• use a rubber spatula to shape the potatoes into volcanoes. use a spoon the make a crater in the top of each volcano.
• fill each volcano with a tablespoon of grated cheese. sprinkle with paprika on top.
• bake the volcano potatoes until the cheese melts and browns slightly.
• remove the potatoes from the oven. use a metal spatula to loosen the potatoes carefully fromt he bottom of the baking dish. lift them directly onto 6 dinner plates.