Starters Recipes - Cheesy Potato Skins Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 medium baking potatoes (scored into quarters)

• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

• 50g/2oz lean smoked back bacon (roughly chopped)

• 175g/6oz brown cap mushrooms (roughly chopped)

• 100g/4oz cream cheese

• 2 tablespoons milk

• 1 1/2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard

• 50g/2oz Cheddar cheese (grated)

Serves 4

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas mark 6. Place the potatoes in the oven in a baking dish for 1 hour or until cooked.

2. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the bacon until cooked. Add the mushrooms and fry until the excess moisture has evaporated.

3. Blend the cream cheese, milk, mustard and half the Cheddar in a bowl.

4. When the potatoes are cooked, quarter them and scrape out the inside, leaving a thin layer of potato on the skin. Put the potato to one side. Put the skins on a baking tray and return to the oven for 5 minutes.

5. Mash the potato and stir into the cheese mixture with the bacon and mushrooms. Pile the mixture into the potato skins, sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.

6. Return to the oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown.