Cheesy, Garlic Hasselback Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 2 large roasting potatoes, scrubbed
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 3 tablespoons dried parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 20 (inch by inch squared) pieces cheddar cheese

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Combine garlic, butter, parmesan, parsley, salt and pepper together in a bowl. Set aside.

Cut cheese into squares, set aside.

Scrub potatoes and slice thinly to create a potato accordion. Do not slice all the way through the potato.

Stuff the potato first with butter, then cheese, then butter, and so on until all of the cuts are filled. The potato will start to turn into a rainbow shape, that is okay.

Place potatoes on a baking sheet. Bake for about 45 minutes. Check them after about 15 or 20. If needed press them down in the middle and they will return to their more natural shape (not bowed).