Potato bake idea?!
Answers: I am making a potato bake and it asks for one cup of cream...I don't have any cream, can I use one cup of Evaporated Milk?
You can also use just regular milk....I would suggest using 2% or whole milk....not skim.....
BAKED POTATOES SUPREME
2 large Idaho potatoes, baked
1 egg, hard cooked, peeled, and grated coarsely
4 cups broccoli, chopped (optional)
1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese (reserve a few spoonfuls for topping)
4 strips bacon, sautéed and crumbled or chopped
4 teaspoons butter (2 for each potato)
1/4 cup sour cream
1/3 teaspoon each salt and pepper
Wash and cut up broccoli (optional), set aside.
Scrub potatoes, then rub with a small amount of vegetable, peanut or olive oil. Cook in microwave until fork tender, about 10 minutes, depending on size of potatoes and wattage of your oven.
While potatoes are cooking, steam or simmer broccoli until just tender but still crisp. When broccoli becomes a bright green, drain, remove from heat and return to pan with cover briefly to finish cooking. If broccoli becomes an olive green, it's overcooked.
Cut an oval circle from top of potatoes and scoop out meat while still hot. In a small bowl, mash together with cheese, bacon, and sour cream and butter and coarsely chopped egg. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Return mixture to potatoes.
Top with remaining cheese and broil 5 minutes more, garnish with fresh herbs and serve.
Variations: Add 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives, dill, or rosemary. Use olive oil instead of butter. Use onion dip instead of sour cream. Use Parmesan cheese instead of mozzarella. Substitute Serrano ham or prosciutto for bacon.
Enjoy!
you can really play around with potato bakes - as long as you've got potato, onion, grated mozzarella cheese and perhaps some garlic, you can throw it all in, layer it up, and there you have it! It is better with a little cream or even full cream milk, but evaporated milk might not taste that good. You never know though!