Mice in jackets These baked potato mice are almost too gorgeous to eat! You will need:
4 potatoes grated cheese 6 tbsp milk 30g butter 1 tbsp oil salt and pepper To decorate: radishes, spring onions, cherry tomatoes, raisins, chives
How to make it...
1. Wash the potatoes
and pat them dry. Prick the skins with a fork and put the potatoes on a baking tray. Brush them all over with oil.
2. Bake the potatoes
until they are soft. Medium-sized potatoes take about one hour in an oven heated to 200ºC (400ºF)
3. Cool enough to handle?
Then cut off the tops and carefully scoop out the soft potato centres. You can throw away the lids (or eat them).
4. Mash the soft centres
with the butter, milk, and cheese. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, then pop the mixture back into the potato jackets.
5. Sprinkle with cheese
and cook your potatoes under the grill for a few minutes until they are golden.
6. Make a nose and whiskers
with half a tomato held in place with a cocktail stick and chives tucked behind. Finish decorating with raisin eyes, radish ears, and spring onion tails.
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