Stuffed Baked Potatoes

Stuffed potatoes are always a good option to vary your menu, as well as being very tasty.

Ingredients:

• 4 large potatoes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (or vegetable oil)
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 400g of ground beef
• Salt and pepper to taste
• ½ cup of tomato sauce or pasta sauce
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese or in slices
• Optional: 4 tablespoons of shoestring potatoes
• Optional: 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• Butter, vegetable oil or olive oil for greasing baking sheet

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
2. Wash the potatoes with the skins.
3. In a pot with boiling water and salt, cook the potatoes, but don’t let them getting too soft. Set aside.
4. In a saucepan, heat the olive oil (or vegetable oil) , fry the onion and saute ground beef until getting almost dry (without liquid). Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Add the tomato sauce (or pasta sauce) and cook for another 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, add the heavy cream and mix.
6. Cut each potato in the middle, in the length direction, but let about 2cm to keep both sides still attached.
7. Fill each potato with the mixture from the pan and sprinkle with grated mozzarella (or in slices). Place them on a baking sheet greased with butter (or oil) and bake (gratin) for about 10 minutes.
8. Add 1 tablespoon of shoestring potatoes and parsley on top of each potato. Serve while still hot.

Total Time / Yield:

• About 50 minutes to 1 hour / 4 servings