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Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients Amounts
Idado (russet) potatoes, 50 count 5 ea.
Bacon, minced (or Bacon bits) 2 strips (or 1 1/2 Tbsp. Bits)
Green onion, diced finely (white & green) 2 stalks
White mushrooms, chopped 5 ea.
Spinach, cleaned, chopped 5 leaves
Butter, unsalted 2 oz.
Sour cream 3 Tbsp.
Cheddar cheese, grated 1/4 cup
Heavy cream, hot 2 oz.
Fine Ground Black Pepper to taste
Salt to taste
   
Method
  1. Wash, bake potatoes @ 375° until just barely cooked in center
  2. Render bacon in saute pan (while potatoes are baking) until golden brown, pour off excess fat. Or use bacon bits.
  3. Add green onions and mushrooms, saute until softened. Add spinach, cook until wilted.
  4. Cut ends off of cooked potatoes evenly, then cut directly in half cross-wise.
  5. Scoop out wide ends in order to make a container out of each half. Send scooped out potato pulp through food mill (or mash with masher) while hot.
  6. Mix pulp with bacon mixture. Add butter, sour cream, cheese, hot cream, salt and pepper to taste.
  7. Pipe potato mixture back into potato container (fluted tip). Bake 20 minutes or until tops are golden in color and centers are hot.
 
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