Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Stuffed Baked Potatoes

6 Potatoes, scrubbed clean and baked

½ Cup Mascarpone Cheese

½ Cup Crème Fresh

¼ Cup Butter
Salt and Pepper to taste

½ Cup Chives, chopped and divided into 3 Tablespoons + 1 Tablespoon

1 Cup Cheddar

½ Cup Parmesan Cheese

6 Cloves Garlic, finely chopped

½ Pound Bacon, Cooked and chopped

Cut the potatoes lengthwise in half and scoop out most of the potatoes. Leaving some still in the potato to give the potato stability. In a mixing bowl, thoroughly combine the potato, mascarpone, crème fresh, butter, 3 Tablespoons of chives and cheddar. With an ice cream scoop, scoop out about 1-1/2 scoops per potato back into the potato and spread evenly.

In a separate dish, combine the parmesan cheese, chives and garlic and mix together. Evenly sprinkle the mixture onto each potato. Evenly sprinkle the bacon onto each potato.

Bake at 300 for 20 minutes to heat the potato through, and then switch to broil for about 5 minutes to brown. Watch that the tops don’t burn.

This recipe serves 12 because I like to entertain a lot, but you could easily cut the recipe in half if you don’t plan to serve as many.

-Susie Tronti