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The recipes of traditional Neapolitan cuisine.
In 1700 the masters of French chefs at the court of King Ferdinand , the King of the Two Sicilies said ”The Slacker” , invented the potato gattò and who knows if they took their cue from potatoes stuffed . A dish that we propose simple and very tasty thanks to its components .
Ingredients (for 4 people):
8 large potatoes
200 g provolone
70 g butter
100 gr minced meat
1 egg
breadcrumbs
1 shallot
Oil, salt and pepper
Making of recipe.
Put the potatoes in a pot and cover with lightly salted water, bring to boil and cook until fork does not penetrate into the potato with ease. Freshly cooked, let them cool and cut them in half without peeling. Digging them with a spoon, leaving about an inch of flesh attached to the skin . In a small saucepan, bring the cooking ground beef with a little ‘oil where you did fry the chopped shallots. In a bowl, put the flesh of the potato sieve, provolone, cut into small cubes, and ground beef . Mix 50 g of melted butter . Add salt and pepper to taste and if you want to add nutmeg. Only add the egg yolk, still scrambling . Fill the potatoes, previously excavated, with the mixture. Sprinkle the surface with the bread crumbs. Grease a baking dish with the remaining butter and put the potatoes. Bake at 180 ° turning on the grill and grill towards the end of cooking (total 20 minutes).
