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Stuffed Baked Potatoes With Horseradish Cream

January 29, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		November 19	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Russet potatoes, rinsed
		dried
6	T	Plus 1/2 cup sour cream
6	T	Butter, 3/4 stick
4	T	Prepared white horseradish
		drained
2	T	Chopped fresh dill

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 400 F. Pierce potatoes several times with fork. Place
on oven rack; bake until crisp outside and cooked through, about 1
hour. Transfer to small baking sheet; cool 5 minutes. Cut off top
third of potatoes. Scoop potato from bottoms into large bowl, leaving
1/4-inch-thick shell. Scoop potato from tops and add to same bowl;
discard tops.  Mash potato with 6 tablespoons sour cream, butter and 2
tablespoons  horseradish. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon into
potato shells,  dividing equally.  Mix 1/2 cup sour cream, 2
tablespoons horseradish and dill in small  bowl. (Potatoes and sour
cream topping can be made 1 day ahead. Cover  and chill.)  Preheat oven
to 400 F. Place potatoes in baking pan and cook until  heated through
and golden brown, about 50 minutes. Spoon sour cream  topping on each.
Serve, passing remaining sour cream topping  separately.  Serves 6.
Bon Appetit November 1994  Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 2531 Calories From Fat: 774 Total Fat: 88.1g Cholesterol: 220.6mg Sodium: 331.5mg Potassium: 10215.1mg Carbohydrates: 391.3g Fiber: 42.6g Sugar: 22g Protein: 51.4g