Pizza Potato Skins

I hesitate actually to call this a recipe . . . it's more of a something I just did . . . and it happened to turn out beautifully.

  

I hate waste.  I love potatoes.   I especially love baked potatoes.   I was making a baked potato salad.   You only need the flesh of the baked potatoes for that recipe . . . what to do with the skins???  The skins are my favourite part.  It seemed a shame to waste them and so . . .

  

I cut them in half lengthwise and sprinkled them with some spices and spritzed them with some low fat cooking spray . . . and then I baked them until they were scrummy crisp and brown on the edges and then . . .  

  

I liberally sprinkled them with my favorite pizza toppings and cheese . . . lovely strong cheddar cheese . . . I love the stuff.  After that,  I banged them back into the oven to melt the cheese and heat the toppings and then . . .  

  

Why, I served them with some sour cream for dipping of course!!  We loved them.  They were magnifique! 

    

*Pizza Potato Skins*

Makes 16 pieces

Printable Recipe  

I was making a twice baked potato salad the other day and it seemed a shame to throw away the skins after I had scooped them out.  The skins are always my favourite part! 

the skins of 4 baked potatoes

(cut in half, scoop out the flesh, reserving for another use)

cooking spray oil

fine sea salt to taste

freshly ground black pepper to taste

garlic powder to taste

smoked paprika to taste

dried mixed herbs to taste

a handful each of grated strong cheddar cheese, chopped green and black olives, chopped spring onions
and a few chopped sun dried tomatoes

Sour cream to serve and a few extra chopped spring onions if desired 

 

Preheat the oven to 200*C/400*F/ gas mark 6.  Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Take a pair of kitchen scissors and cut each potato skin half, in half yet again, cutting them lengthwise.  Place them spread out onto the baking sheet.  Spritz them well with the cooking spray.   Mix together the salt, pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika and mixed herbs.  Scatter this over the potato skins.  Pop them into the oven and bake for about 15  minutes until they begin to turn golden brown and crisp on the edges. 



 


 Remove from the oven and scatter the cheese over top.  Top the cheese with the chopped olives, onions and sun dried tomatoes, trying to scatter them evenly over all.   Bang back into the oven until the cheese melts and bubbles.  Remove from the oven and let stand for a few minutes. Place onto a serving platter and serve along with a bowl of sour cream for dolloping and some more spring onions for scattering.  (If desired.)   Delicious!