{"id":895,"date":"2013-01-06T07:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T07:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/960development.com.s142956.gridserver.com\/themes\/recipe-theme\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=19"},"modified":"2021-09-18T23:25:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T23:25:54","slug":"pimento-cheese-potato-skins","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/recipe\/pimento-cheese-potato-skins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pimento Cheese Potato Skins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"blue\">Ingredients<\/h3><ul><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">6 medium to small russet potatoes<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">3 tablespoons melted butter<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">Kosher salt and pepper<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">2 ounce cream cheese, softened<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">1 roasted red bell pepper, diced into 1\/4-inch piece<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">4 slices bacon, cooked until crispy and crumbled<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">3 tablespoons chives, chopped<\/li><li class=\"ingredient\" itemprop=\"recipeIngredient\">1\/2 cup sour cream (optional)<\/li><\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"blue\">Method<\/h3><div><h4 class=\"red me-steps\"><span class=\"stepcheck\"><\/span>Step 1<\/h4><p class=\"instructions\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Preheat oven to 400\u00b0.  Pierce each potato a few times with the tines of a fork.  Lightly brush each potato with melted butter and sprinkle lightly with salt.  Bake the potatoes directly on the rack of the oven for 1 hour, or until tender and cooked through.  Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a rack for 15 minutes.<\/p><h4 class=\"red me-steps\"><span class=\"stepcheck\"><\/span>Step 2<\/h4><p class=\"instructions\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Meanwhile make the pimento cheese.  In a food processor fitted with the grater attachment, process the cheddar until shredded.  Swap out the grater attachment for a standard food processor blade and add in the cream cheese. Pulse a few times to incorporate.  Transfer the cheese mixture to a bowl and mix in the crushed red pepper flakes, diced red pepper and season to taste with salt and black pepper.  Set pimento cheese aside.<\/p><h4 class=\"red me-steps\"><span class=\"stepcheck\"><\/span>Step 3<\/h4><p class=\"instructions\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Preheat broiler.  When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, use a serrated knife to slice each into three lengthwise sections \u2013 you should be left with two shallow ends and a middle portion which you can discard or use in another preparation.  Using a small spoon, scoop out the flesh of each skin leaving a 1\/4-inch border all the way around.<\/p><h4 class=\"red me-steps\"><span class=\"stepcheck\"><\/span>Step 4<\/h4><p class=\"instructions\" itemprop=\"recipeInstructions\">Lightly brush the inside of each potato skin with remaining melted butter and season lightly with salt and pepper.  Crumble pimento cheese mixture evenly over each potato and sprinkle on bacon bits.  Place the potato skins on a foil lined baking sheet and broil until the cheese is melted, bubbling and beginning to brown, about 3 minutes.  Remove potato skins to platter, sprinkle with chives and serve immediately.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s anything better than the perfect baked potato, it would have to be a twice baked potato. I\u2019m sure everybody\u2019s Mom, Grandma or next-door neighbor has a recipe for double-stuffed potatoes; afterall, if you can bake a potato and make mashed potatoes, you\u2019re pretty much halfway there. See, it\u2019s not so much about how you make them, as it is about what\u2019s inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[11,24],"recipe_type":[60],"cuisine":[47],"course":[33],"ingredient":[38,40,56,59],"skill_level":[31],"class_list":["post-895","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cheese","tag-potato","recipe_type-potatos","cuisine-english","course-appetizer","ingredient-butter","ingredient-cheese","ingredient-peppar","ingredient-potatoes","skill_level-advanced","clearfix","recipe-listing-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipes\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"recipe_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_type?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"ingredient","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ingredient?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodrecipes.inspirythemes.com\/classic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}