Potatoes Stuffed with Anchovies

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Potato Year: 300 Classic Recipes

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

  • About

A tin or two of anchovies is a most useful ingredient in a well-stocked larder.

Ingredients

  • 4 large potatoes, boiled and peeled if necessary
  • 4 dessertspoons olive oil
  • 4 oz

Method

Drain the potatoes and leave to cool. For each potato take a slice off across the top of the potato and hollow out the middle with a spoon leaving a space about the size of a dessertspoon. Mash the hollowed out potato with a fork and incorporate a dessertspoon of olive oil.

In the hollow in the potatoes, put some cheese, a little anchovy and then more mozzarella. Close the potato with t