Loaded Potato Skins

Lulubells

Hiya,

When you've scooped out the middle fill - brush over backs with olive oil and bake until slighly crispy - fill with cooked bacon bits and chedder cheese and grill, serve with sour cream - yummy !!

You can try just about anything you fancy topped with a bit of cheese (any cheese..) and grilled.

Let your imagination go crazy !

Not sure on the freezing though - sure they would be fine...

Lulubells

tina68

Gers wrote:

I've just salvaged a bag of potatoes from under the kitchen sink and they are now merrily cooking and will become various kinds of mash to stock up the freezer. Now I'm left with a pile of potato skins and wonder if anyone has a useful recipe to convert them into lovely edible skins? If and when I get them cooked could I then freeze the skins for later consumption or do I have to have a skin fest this weekend??


I have tried to search under 'potato' but got umpteen recipes for other stuff!

i usually dry roast them in the oven and eat them like crisps with a mayo dip..also done it with parsnips and carrots(less cooking time)..question..do u just cook the potatoes right through then mash cool down and freeze or do you par boil???
Tina x

bulchy

Mmm that sounds delicious tina, thank you, I miss the thank you button, please bring it back. I read your reply out to my 15 year old daughter and she just said, they all make interesting stuff on there dont they??
Sue

tina68

bulchy wrote:

Mmm that sounds delicious tina, thank you, I miss the thank you button, please bring it back. I read your reply out to my 15 year old daughter and she just said, they all make interesting stuff on there dont they??
Sue

Thanks Sue..i was bought up on the waste not want not school of life thanks to my mum..:T

Gers

tina68 wrote:

i usually dry roast them in the oven and eat them like crisps with a mayo dip..also done it with parsnips and carrots(less cooking time)..question..do u just cook the potatoes right through then mash cool down and freeze or do you par boil???
Tina x

I've just boiled them, mashed them all with butter and warm milk and then divided into three; one lot is mustard mash (added english mustard), one is garlic mash (added minced garlic) and the third is cheese and onion mash ( added grated cheese [old hard leftover bits] and finely chopped onion). When they have cooled I'll freeze them and see if it works. I reckon that they should freeze OK cos supermarkets sell it in ready meals which can be frozen.

Fingers crossed - and thanks for the tips about the skins. Think I'll do the oil and roasting thing and have them with garlic and lemon mayo tonight when Dr Who is on! Will probably stick some in the freezer to see what happens.


:j

tina68

Thanks Gers i'll try it and see
Tina x

bulchy

Gers, enjoy the skins tonight, my mouths watering just thinking about them. Let us know if freezing them is a success too please.
Sue

poppycracker

tina68 wrote:

i usually dry roast them in the oven and eat them like crisps with a mayo dip..
Tina x

yes, OH did that one day and they were lovely. Except I think he deep fried them...can't remember what we were having that needed deep frying.

Pooky

I always freeze skins - defrost - fill and bake and they turn out fine.

Gers

bulchy wrote:

Gers, enjoy the skins tonight, my mouths watering just thinking about them. Let us know if freezing them is a success too please.
Sue

I put them all in a plastic bag, drizzled some olive oil on them, sprinkled them with smoked paprika and mild chilli flakes and shook them hard. Then spread them on a baking sheet and roasted them.



:embarasse Ate them all during Dr Who :j :j


Next time, eh??


BTW I don't understand what is meant 'fill them'??? I just meant real potato peelings. Got nothing to fill.