Crunchy Italian-Style Potato Skins
From: Gisele, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
Comments: If desired, simply half potatoes lengthwise.
Servings: 16 potato skins
  • 4 large potatoes
  • Melted butter
  • 2 1/2 cups [565 g] Mozzarella or Provolone Canadian cheese, grossly grated
  • 1/4 cup [60 g] finely grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 [7 1/2-ounce / 213-mL] can pizza sauce
  • Oregano, to taste
  • Preheat oven to 450°F [200°C].
  • Wash and then prick potatoes with a fork.
  • Bake potatoes into preheated oven for 1 hour, until done.
  • Remove potatoes from oven; leave to cool.
  • Cut each potato into wedges, lengthwise.
  • Spoon-out just enough potato meat so as to get an 1/8-inch [3-mm] thick shell; reserve potato meat for another use.
  • Preheat oven to 500°F [260°C].
  • Brush both sides of potato skins with melted butter; arrange onto a cookie sheet, cut-side up.
  • Bake potato skins in preheated oven for 12 minutes, until crunchy.
  • Lightly sprinkle potato skins with oregano.
  • Sprinkle skins all over with grated Mozzarella or Provolone cheese and then with Parmesan cheese.
  • Melt cheese into preheated oven.
  • Into a small saucepan, heat pizza sauce.
  • Spoon hot pizza sauce over potato skins, and serve.