Potato Council
supporting the British potato industry
Baked Potato Dinosaurs
Vegetarian
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
For the Baked Potato Dinosaurs
- 4 small to medium baking potatoes
- olive oil for brushing
- 250g cauliflower cut into florets
- 10g butter
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 125g milk
- 75g granted Cheddar cheese
- Salt and pepper
For the decoration
- 1 red pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- stoned black olive
Method
1.Prick the potatoes in several places, place in a circle on kitchen paper on a microwave tray and cook on high in the microwave for approx. 15 minutes or until tender.
2. Meanwhile, blanch the cauliflower in a pan of lightly salted boiling water for about 5 minutes.
3. Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour and cook, stirring for one minute. Whisk in the milk a little at a time, bring to the boil and cook stirring until the sauce is thickened and smooth. Stir in half the cheese until melted and season with salt and pepper.
4. Drain the cauliflower, chop into pieces and mix with the cheese sauce.
5. Cut one-third off the top of the potatoes using a sharp knife. Scoop out most of the potato flesh leaving a shell about ½ cm thick all around.
6. Mix the potato flesh together with the cauliflower cheese. Cut the tops of the potatoes in half to make two wedges - one for the dinosaur's neck and head and one for the tail.
7. Pre-heat the grill. Pile the cauliflower cheese mixture back into the potato shells and put these onto the baking sheet together with the wedges for the dinosaurs tail. Sprinkle the stuffed potatoes and the tail wedges with the remaining cheese and cook under the grill for a few minutes until golden.
8. Arrange the potatoes on serving plates. Push the dinosaur's neck into the potatoes and attach the grilled wedges for the tails.
9. Use the peppers and olives as desired to make the potatoes look like dinosaurs
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