St. Patrick's Day Irish Potato Pie

From Marla in Las Vegas at the Potato-Recipe group:

St. Patrick's Day Irish Potato Pie

6-8 potatoes, peeled
6 bacon, strips
4 green onions, sliced paper thin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
8 drops green food coloring

Preheat oven to 400°F

cook the potatoes in boiling water with the green food coloring added to the water, until tender and drain.

in a skillet, fry bacon until crisp and lay out on paper towels to drain.

trim onions so that you have the white part and about half of the green, wash well, and slice paper-thin.

add onions to skillet and sauté in bacon grease over medium heat until soft.

slice the boiled potatoes, and arrange half in the bottom of a pie plate.

season with salt and pepper, 1/2 the garlic and 1/2 the parsley.

layer with bacon, onion and one half of the cheese. cover with remaining potatoes and season again.

cover with remaining cheese.

bake for 30 minutes or until top is browned and cheese is melted.

you can also layer in 1/2 pound of browned ground meat on top of each potato layer, if cooking for someone who won't eat a meatless meal.

source is recipezaar.com

God Bless, Marla


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Mashed Potatoes for Thanksgiving

What better time for mashed potatoes than Thanksgiving?

From Marla in Las Vegas' Potato-Recipe Yahoo! group...

Thanksgiving Mashed Potatoes

2 lbs yukon gold potatoes
1 1/2 cups butter
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup shredded asiago cheese
1/2 cup olive oil
1 lb garlic clove, peeled
salt
pepper

The day before dice potatoes. Place them in a bowl with salted cold water and place in the refridgerator overnight.

In an oven safe pan saute olive oil and whole garlic cloves for ten minutes. Season with salt and pepper and roast in the oven at 350 degrees for an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven and puree garlic and olive oil in blender. Adjust seasonings as needed. (This can also be done one or two days ahead).

The day of your meal drain the diced potatoes and place in fresh cold water with salt. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cook till tender (10 minutes).

Mash with a potato masher. Add enough broth to achieve desired consistancy and fold in butter, garlic paste and cheese. Season to salt and pepper to taste.

source is recipezaar

God Bless, Marla


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