Page 27 - Clever Family Cookbook 2020
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Potatoes in Beef Jackets
A favorite of Grandma Clever’s family!
12 small potatoes
1 lb. hamburger
2 cups tomato juice
¼ tsp. black pepper
1 lg. onion
1 green pepper
1 ½ tsp salt
1 egg
Boil potatoes in skins until almost tender, then peel. Combine eggs, hamburger, pepper
and 1 tsp salt. Form into 12 thin patties. Place a potato on patties, covering by pressing
well around the potato. Place in a greased baking dish. Mix juice, chopped onion, chopped
green paper and ½ tsp salt. Pour mixture over potatoes. Bake covered ½ hour at 350, then
bake uncovered for 15 minutes.
“Our Mom said this recipe came from Grandma Mary Clever. I think most of us kids thought of
this as our favorite meal when we were growing up.”
- Darlene Gress
