Potatoes Divine Recipes

POTATOES DIVINE

Steps:

• COOKING DAY INSTRUCTIONS:.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 13x9x2 casserole dish.
• Put potatoes directly on oven rack and bake for 45-60 minutes or till done. I put the potatoes in the microwave till done and use a small cookie scoop to remove potato pulp.
• Mash potatoes with mixer or by hand until smooth (my family likes lumps so mine isn't smooth). Add butter/margarine and milk and mix.
• Spread in a prepared pan. Freeze using foil & plastic wrap method.
• SERVING DAY INSTRUCTIONS:.
• When casserole is thawed, preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• With electric mixer, whip cream to soft peaks, then fold in Gruyere by hand. Spread evenly over potatoes and sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake until heated through and topping is golden brown. Garnish with parsley and serve.

BEG FOR MORE DIVINE POTATO PURSES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Clean the potatoes under cold running water. Prick them with a fork, and place on a baking dish and bake for 1 hour, or until a knife slides through nice and clean without any resistance. Remove skins, they should just slip right off. Put the potatoes through a food mill.
• Put potatoes in a bowl and add egg yolks, flour, cinnamon, and salt and mix until combined. Be careful not to over-work the dough. Pinch off tablespoons of dough and roll into balls.
• Preheat a fryer or a deep pot halfway filled with oil to 350 degrees F.
• Take 1 sheet of phyllo dough and cut into 3-inch circles. Brush with butter and place a ball of sweet potato dough in the center and pinch into a purse at the top. Continue to do this using more phyllo and you have used all of the potato dough.
• Place into hot oil to deep fry to a golden brown color. Place in a bowl of caramel sauce and dust with powdered sugar.
• Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until melted. Turn up the heat to medium-high and cook until caramel colored. Take off the heat and add butter and cream. Be careful, caramel may splatter. Set aside to cool.

DIVINE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef until no pink shows; drain excess fat. Stir in tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and oregano; set aside.
• In a separate skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Saute the chopped onion until translucent. In a medium bowl, combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream and sauteed onions.
• Place 1/2 of cooked noodles in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Drizzle with 1/2 of the melted butter. Cover with cheese mixture. Toss remaining noodles with remaining melted butter, and spread over cheese mixture. Cover with meat mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until bubbly.

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE DIVINE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine main dish ingredients in a large bowl.
• Pour into 9 x 13 inch pan lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a separate bowl combine sugar, flour, and butter with a pastry cutter.
• (A fork could do the job in a pinch.) Then stir in pecans and coconut.
• Spread the topping evenly over the sweet potatoes.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
• If top starts looking too dark, cover with foil.