What would we do, do not open Columbus of America? The main treasure of the Aztecs, which the Spaniards took to the Old World, was potatoes. Rather quickly this root crop has gained European popularity. He even became "second bread" in some countries. Despite the fact that in the XVIII century Russian villagers took in confrontation overseas "fucking apple", now without potatoes, our life is simply unthinkable. What is not cooked from it: soups, second courses, side dishes and pies! But today we have a special lesson - we bake potatoes with cheese in the oven.
There are three main ways to prepare this extremely simple dish. The first is a potato, cut into plates on plates. The second - whole tubers in foil. And the third - potatoes stuffed with cheese in the oven. All of them give equally tasty results. Let's start with the first option. Kilogram potatoes are cleaned, my, cut into thin slices in a centimeter of thickness. Put in a deep bowl, add two or three tablespoons of mayonnaise, salt, pepper and mix. Lubricate the baking tray with sunflower oil. We spread the potatoes in it not too thick. On top of it are three hard cheese (about 200 g). We cover the baking tray with a piece of foil. We bake potatoes with cheese in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of 170-180 ° C. Then remove the aluminum cover and let it brown for another ten minutes. Finished dish sprinkled with chopped fresh herbs. Depending on what else you put in the pan (meat, mushrooms, fish, garlic, onions, sour cream), the taste of the product will depend.
Here is a more complex recipe for baked potatoes with cheese. We clean the tubers, cut them in circles. The oven is switched on at 180 ° C - it should be well heated at the time of departure. In a saucepan, mix well the plates of potatoes, pepper, salt and 100 g of grated cheese. Shake the egg in two glasses of milk until smooth. The cleared clove of garlic is cut along and carefully rubbed the bottom and the walls of the pan. Now it's time for vegetable oil - moisten the sides of the mold. We lay out the workpiece and fill it with egg-milk mixture. Bake the potatoes and cheese in the oven for 45 minutes until cooked. We check it with a toothpick. After that, take out the pan, sprinkle another 100 grams of grated cheese and put it on for 10 minutes.
The next method is the simplest. Mine and clean the tubers, rub them with salt and sunflower oil, wrap tightly in foil. Bake until cooked at 200 ° C. We check it by piercing the foil with a toothpick. We pull out, carefully unfold the sheets. Cut the tuber in half. Inside put a thin slice of cheese. Again, wrap it in a sheet. We bake potatoes and cheese in the oven for about five minutes.
Stuffing the tubers will take a little more time and effort, but the result will be excellent. The filling can come up with a variety of things - canned fish, sausage, chopped eggs and even salads. If you have any cheese salad at your disposal, then it's best to just boil whole tubers in uniforms, then cut them along and take out the middle with a spoon. Put the filling in the hole. You can do otherwise. Stuff raw tubers - and then bake potatoes with cheese in the oven.