Cheese-Stuffed Potatoes with Yogurt-Spice Paste and Sesame Seed Crust

Name: Cheese-Stuffed Potatoes with Yogurt-Spice Paste and Sesame Seed Crust
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps (1/4 stick) butter, melted; 6 servings Coarse kosher salt; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh cilantro; 2 teaspoons chopped peeled fresh ginger; 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped; 1 green onion, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 3 larges unpeeled russet potatoes (each about 16 ounces), scrubbed; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 serrano chile, seeded, minced; 74 grams 1/2 cup sesame seeds (about; 118 milliliters plain whole-milk Greek-style yogurt; 2 teaspoons sweet or hot paprika; 4 teaspoons vegetable oil

Cheese-Stuffed Potatoes with Yogurt-Spice Paste and Sesame Seed Crust is a gluten free and vegetarian side dish. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 228 calories, 6g of protein, and 13g of fat each. A mixture of russet potatoes, ground coriander, ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F.

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Oven

Placepotatoes directly on oven rack and bake untiltender when pierced with fork, about 1 hour15 minutes.

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Oven

Transfer to platter and let standuntil cool enough to handle. DO AHEAD: Canbe made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

Cut potatoes horizontally in half. Usingspoon, scoop out pulp, leaving 1/3-inch-thickshell.

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Potato

Transfer potato pulp to medium bowland mash; mix in cheese, melted butter,cilantro, green onion, chile, and sesameseeds. Season potato mixture generouslywith salt and pepper; divide among potatoshells.DO AHEAD: Can be made 6 hoursahead. Cover and chill.

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Salt And Pepper

Green Onions

Cilantro

Butter

Cheese

Potato

Pasta Shells

Chili Pepper

Combine first6 ingredients in processor. Using on/offturns, blend until mixture is finely chopped.

Add yogurt, oil, and lemon juice and processuntil smooth puree forms.

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Lemon Juice

Yogurt

Cooking Oil

Transfer to smallbowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper.DO AHEAD: Can be made 6 hours ahead.Cover and refrigerate.

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Salt And Pepper

Remove top rack from grill.

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Grill

Placedisposable aluminum baking pan in centerof bottom rack (if using 2-burner gas grill,place pan on 1 side of burner).

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Baking Pan

Grill

Add enoughwater to pan to reach depth of 1 inch.

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Frying Pan

Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Ifusing charcoal grill, light briquettes inchimney and pour half onto rack on eachside of disposable pan. If using 3-burner gasgrill, light burners on left and right, leavingcenter burner off. If using 2-burner gas grill,light burner on side opposite disposable pan.Return top rack to grill.

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Grill

Frying Pan

Place sheet of foilon grill rack above unlit burner; brush withvegetable oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Grill

Place sesame seeds on small plate.

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Sesame Seeds

Placehalf of yogurt-spice paste in shallow bowland reserve.

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Spice Paste

Yogurt

Spread remaining yogurt-spicepaste over top of potato filling in each potatohalf.

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Potato

Spread

Yogurt

Sprinkle with half of sesame seeds. Dipbottom of each potato half into reservedspice paste, then dip into remaining sesameseeds.

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Sesame Seeds

Potato

Dip

Place potatoes atop foil on grill rackabove disposable pan. Cover barbecueand grill until potatoes are heated throughand bubbling in center, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Potato

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Grill

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Transfer potatoes to platter and serve.

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Potato

* A thick yogurt; sold at some supermarketsand at specialty foods stores (such as Trader

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Yogurt

Joe's and Whole Foods markets) and Greekmarkets. If unavailable, place regular yogurtin cheesecloth-lined strainer set over largebowl. Cover and chill overnight to drain.

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Cheesecloth