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Crispy Potato Skins

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 large potatoes
  • 1/2 lbs of Gorgonzola cheese
  • 6 slices pancetta or bacon chopped small and cooked until crisp
  • 2 green onions sliced

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Wash your potatoes well and piece them a few times with a fork.
  • Place potatoes in preheated oven and bake 60 – 80 minutes until fully cooked through. They will feel soft if you squeeze them.
  • Remove potatoes from oven and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
  • Let the potatoes cool enough to handle. That is at your discretion or use a oven mitt to hold the potato.
  • Slice the potatoes into lengthwise halves and then scoop out the flesh, leaving about 1/4 inch of the potato intact with the peel.
  • Place the flesh of the potatoes into a bowl and set aside (use later for mashed potatoes or potato fritters)
  • Fill the potato skins with the gorgonzola and then top off with pancetta pieces
  • Place the potato skins on a prepared baking sheet.
  • Bake for about 10 – 15 minutes to melt the cheese.
  • Sprinkle with bacon and green onions and serve warm and with sour cream.

These are really freaking good. Occasionally I get a “hankerin'” for something along the lines of good ole american bar food. And I just improvised a little bit, and came up with this!