It has been an
incredibly warm and sunny weekend here in Copenhagen, so we've been a
lot outdoors. Today I also want to go for a walk around our local
lake and to the botanical gardens. Then I'm planning to cook a Thai
curry with squash for dinner. But first I wanted to share a recipe
for my favourite kind of comfort food.
When the weather
was slightly colder I made these twice-baked oven potatoes, or potato
skins, with a leek and cheese filling. I quite often make these
potatoes, and in my opinion the leek filling is the superior one. I like how the potato skins are crispy, but the filling is soft and fluffy.
These potatoes contain cheese, but they are also easy to veganise by
substituting the cheese with vegan cheese, or even by leaving it out.
Here's my recipe, have a look!
Stuffed potato skins with leeks and
cheese
Ingredients
4 large baking
potatoes
sea salt
Vegetable oil
3 leeks
1 large onion
3 garlic cloves
1 tsp fenugreek
seeds
½ tsp smoked
paprika
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground
black pepper
1 vegetable stock
cube
Fresh thyme
2 tbsp margarine
150 g grated
cheese
Method
Pierce the
potatoes several times with a fork. Then roll them in oil and salt
mix and bake in the oven at about 180 C for at least one hour, but
this of course depends on the size of the potatoes. Mine were very
large, so I baked them for 1,5 hours.
Make the filling
by slicing the leeks, and chopping the onion and garlic finely. Cook
them in oil until soft and add the seasoning. Add little bit of water
and let simmer under the lid. If you have some dry cider to add, it's
better than water, but I didn't have any this time.
Season the mix
with fenugreek seeds, smoked paprika, salt, ground black pepper,
vegetable stock cube and fresh thyme. Also mix in the margarine.
Once the potatoes
have baked, cut them in halves and scoop out the soft flesh. Mix the
potato mash with the leeks and cheese and fill the potato skins with
the mix.
Return the
potatoes to the oven and bake them for about 30 minutes more.
Serve the potatoes
with the sides of your choice (they are always great with a fresh
salad) and enjoy!
I'm sharing this
recipe with this month's Eat Your Greens hosted by Shaheen
from Allotment 2 Kitchen, and co-hosted by me.
Your VegHog
This really is comfort food, I love the golden crunch topping too. I haven't cooked with leeks in a while, I intend to next week as we have a Bake Off competition and I will be baking a savoury pie with leeks.
ReplyDeleteThat leek pie sounds wonderful! How did the bake off go?
DeleteI really want some of these - there is nothing like a crispy potato topping - we had it really warm yesterday but today is more grey and rainy and I feel like I could just wolf down one or two of these!
ReplyDeleteThese potatoes are so perfect for cold days!
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