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Potato and Mince Mice

These mice are great for a special treat. Remember oven baked potatoes will give you a much better result than microwave potatoes, because oven baked potatoes have crisp and sturdy skins.
Potato and Mince Mice

You Will Need:

Ingredients
  • 6 medium/ large potatoes
  • olive or canola oil
  • 2 T (30 ml) butter
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) fresh full cream milk
  • 1 t (5 ml) Ina Paarman's Potato Spice
  • 1 x 400 g Ina Paarman's Beef Bolognaise Pasta Sauce
  • ½ cup (125 ml) cheese, grated
To dress up the mice
  • 2 large radishes
  • 4 - 6 small cherry tomatoes
  • 1 small bunch chives
  • seedless raisins

Ina’s Tip

Use any leftover Bolognaise Sauce and potato mash to make mini cottage pies using small ovenproof dishes.

Method:

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat the oven to 200 °C.

Rinse the potatoes and prick them with a fork all over. Put the potatoes on a baking tray and brush with oil. Bake for ± 1 hour until potatoes are soft. Leave to cool down a little before handling.

Cut off one flat side of each potato and carefully scoop out the soft potato centres. Put scooped out potato flesh into a mixing bowl. Warm butter and milk for 30 seconds, add to the potato flesh together with Potato Spice. Using a potato masher, or fork, mash together until smooth.

Put the hollowed out potato skins back on the baking tray or in a muffin pan. Spoon a heaped tablespoon of the Bolognaise Sauce into the potatoes and top each one with mash. Sprinkle grated cheese over and put back in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes to warm through and brown the cheese. Switch off the oven.

Decorate as illustrated to make mice!

Enjoy your lunch!

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