Twice-Baked Potatoes with Broccoli

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Servings:
12

The flesh of baked russet potatoes was mashed with broccoli, butter, and olive oil, and then spooned into the skins and baked a second time.

Ingredients

  • 12 small russet potatoes (about 8 ounces each), pierced with a fork

  • Coarse salt

  • 2 heads broccoli (1 ¼ to 1 ½ pounds each), trimmed and cut into florets

  • ¾ cup unsalted butter (1 ½ sticks), softened

  • ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil

  • Freshly ground pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake potatoes until tender, about 1 hour. Let cool slightly on a wire rack.

  2. Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add 1 tablespoon salt. Add broccoli, and cook until very tender, about 8 minutes. Transfer to ice-water bath to stop cooking. Drain well. Set aside.

  3. Cut potatoes lengthwise, removing 1/2 inch off tops; set tops aside. Holding potatoes with a kitchen towel to protect your hand, scoop out flesh, leaving about a 1/2-inch-thick shell on skins; discard flesh of 2 potatoes. Pass remaining flesh through a ricer into a large bowl.

  4. Add broccoli to bowl with potatoes. Using a pastry blender or potato masher, mash broccoli and potatoes together. Add butter, oil, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; mash until combined. Taste and adjust for salt and pepper. Season potato shells with salt and pepper. Spoon potato mixture into shells. Cover with reserved tops. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet. Cover sheet with foil, and bake until heated through, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately.

Cook's Notes

Stuffed potatoes can be made a day ahead and refrigerated; bake them for about thirty minutes to heat through.

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