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These Scalloped potatoes are rich and wonderful. You’d probably earn 10,000 points with weight watchers, but it’s a very nice dish for special occasions. Oh and we are continuing our countdown to Christmas so read on to find out what I’m giving away!
Ingredients for Au Gratin Scalloped Potatoes:
3 lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes, peeled
1/2 yellow onion
4-6 garlic cloves
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
3 cups shredded cheddar jack cheese
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup whole milk
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
How to Make Scalloped Potatoes:
Preheat Oven to 375˚ and butter a 9×13 glass baking dish.
1. Using a mandolin, carefully slice the potatoes into rounds that are about 1/8 inch thick. Place slices into a large bowl filled with water. Mandolin… ahem…hint, hint.
2. Sautee 4 Tbsp butter with 1/2 medium chopped onion in a medium saucepan about 5 minutes or until onions are soft. Add pressed garlic and stir an additional 1 minute. Stir in 2 cups heavy whipping cream and 1 cup whole milk. Heat to a simmer then pour over potatoes once they are in the baking dish (after step 4).
3. Drain potatoes and pat dry with paper towels. Layer half of the potatoes into the baking dish. Combine the salt and pepper and sprinkle half of the salt and pepper mixture on top of the potatoes. Sprinkle 1.5 cups of cheese on top of the potatoes. Repeat with the the other half of the potatoes, salt and pepper and cheese.
4. Pour the cream over the potatoes and push the potatoes down to submerge them into the cream. They won’t be fully covered by cream and that’s ok. Cover dish with foil and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour. Then remove foil and bake for another 30-45 minutes until top is golden and bubbly and most of the liquid has been absorbed by the potatoes. If the potatoes are browning too fast, tent dish with foil and continue baking. Potatoes should be easy to pierce with a fork when done.
Merry Christmas and happy cooking! 🙂
-Natasha
Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes, peeled
- 1/2 yellow onion
- 4-6 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 3 cups shredded cheddar jack cheese
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
Instructions
Preheat Oven to 375˚ F and butter a 9 x 13 glass baking dish.
- Using a mandolin, carefully slice the potatoes into rounds that are about 1/8 inch thick. Place slices into a large bowl filled with water.
- Sautee 4 tbsp butter with 1/2 medium chopped onion in a medium saucepan about 5 minutes or until onions are soft. Add pressed garlic and stir an additional 1 minute. Stir in 2 cups heavy whipping cream and 1 cup whole milk. Heat to a simmer then pour over potatoes once they are in the baking dish.
- Drain potatoes and pat dry with paper towels. Layer half of the potatoes into the baking dish. Combine the salt and pepper and sprinkle half of the salt and pepper mixture on top of the potatoes. Sprinkle 1.5 cups of cheese on top of the potatoes. Repeat with the the other half of the potatoes, salt and pepper and cheese.
- Pour the cream over the potatoes and push the potatoes down to submerge them into the cream. They won't be fully covered by cream and that's OK. Cover dish with foil and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour. Then remove foil and bake for another 30-45 minutes until top is golden and bubbly and most of the liquid has been absorbed by the potatoes. If the potatoes are browning too fast, tent dish with foil and continue baking. Potatoes should be easy to pierce with a fork when done.
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My favorite tool is a mixer, desperately need one in my new kitchen 🙂
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Cuisinart Food processor is a lifesaver for lots of shredding and chopping!
Well I have at least three tools that make my life easier: garlic press, silicone spatulas, and vegetable chopper. They save so much time!
A knife !!! And my dishwasher
oh the high score calorie potatoes, need to try them still.
Kitchen Aid is the best kitchen tool that has come around, in my opinion. oh and the bread machine: no more aching hands while kneading the dough!
Kitchen tool that makes my life easier is my kitchen aide mixer.
I love the silicone heat resistant spatulas. I think they are much better than the wooden spoons.
I like the potato peeler. great for peeling just about anything.
My favorite kitchen gadget would have to be the kitchen aid mixer and all of their attachments. I have no idea how i ever mixed before the kitchen aid.
Silly me, I was going to comment on the RECIPE! 🙂
I love scalloped potatoes! Do you ever try including meat? I sometimes try to bake layers of chicken or pork with the potato, but it’s hard to time it so everything is ready at the same time. I know my mom would include bits of ham but that’s already been cooked so it doesn’t really matter.
Wish I could enter the contest, but I’m stationed in Russia right now. :/ But I have to say, I love how neat and orderly your blog is and even how you included that disclosure. Just shows you put a lot of thought into it!
–Do you add raw chicken or pork? It sounds like a great idea! -Natasha
Yes, I add raw chunks of meat. I’ve tried putting potatoes on the bottom so they soak up the meat juices, but I like them on top too so they can sort of get a crust. I’m not sure if a higher temperature would be better or if it would be better to let it all cook slowly. I need to experiment some more.
My CUTCO butcher knife and CUTCO potato peeler are my favorite tools in the kitchen!!!
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