Mini Stuffed Potatoes

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 15 small potatoes (red or skinned)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup crumbled gorgonzola (or any blue cheese)
• 1 cup roasted walnut, chopped
• 1/4 cup chives, finely chopped, divided
• 2 slices bacon, cooked, crumbled
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 cut potatoes in half crosswise. mix with oil in bowl. place cut side down on a rimmed baking sheet.
• 3 bake potatoes until just tender, about 15 minutes. remove from oven and let cool completely.
• 4 filling: in a medium bowl, combine sour cream, gorgonzola, walnuts, half of the chives, bacon, salt and pepper and stir well. cut a thin sliver off rounded end of each potato so that it will sit upright.
• 5 turn potatoes over and , using melon balller or small spoon, scoop out some of the center of each potato and add it to the filling mixture and stir.
• 6 stuff potato shells with a heaping amount of he filling and arrange potatoes on rimmed baking sheet.
• 7 bake for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are completely cooked and filling is warmed through through. garnish potatoes with remaining chives. serve immediately.