Topic: Scalloped Potatoes.. anyone have a super recipe

I forgot about the 4 cups of heavy cream - yikes! I probably used half & half or part milk.

Emeril's Scalloped Potatoes

1 tsp butter

4 cups heavy cream

2 tsps salt, divided

a tsp fresh ground black pepper

3-3 1/4 lbs Idaho Potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4 slices

8 oz Swiss cheese, grated

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 2-qt dish with the butter.

Place the cream in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Add 1 tsp salt and pepper, stir well. Add the potatoes, adding more cream if necessary to completely cover the potatoes. Lower the heat and simmer until the potatoes are barely fork tender, about 10-12 min, remove from heat.

With a large spoon, transfer 1/3 of the potatoes with some of the cream to the baking dish, forming an even layer. Top with 1.3 of the cheese, continue layering, ending with cheese on top Place on a baking sheet and roast until golden brown and bubbly, about 30 minutes.

(Edited to change the oven temp to 350)!!!!!

i used to hate scalloped potatoes.. my mom made them with skim milk and velveeta cheese.

my 12 yr. food lovin son makes them for quite often..

he makes a medium white sauce.. something like 2 tbls.. flour and butter stirred and cooked then 2 cups of milk added.. to this he adds various grated cheeses.. and pours them over sliced raw potatoes. they are awesome.  a little too 'fat' for my tastes, but i love seeing a dish on the table that i didn't make. 

Thanks Sierra! That picture was at my daughter's wedding - I went in that morning and had my hair cut and colored. It was really raggedy after growing out after chemo and that mouse gray color. I liked it so much that I still go to that stylist and I'm keeping it short for the first time in my life. Hope the potatoes were great! I'm saving the other recipes.

Hey gals:

Im starving here.. (at the library right now)

Linda:  Asiago is delish.. tks

and also cauliflower

Ill try the others

give me a chance..

tks again..

nice salad and some vino

and we're off!

Hugs, Sierra

O/T Hi Sue:

Well, yes I keep mine short now

try to grown the top out a bit

and get a blonde piece onit

but it pulls my face down, now that Im older LOL

Enjoy!!!

Recipe #2 -- Sweet Potato Gratin with Chipotle Cream Sauce

This is from Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill cookbook -- it's great -- it's sweet and it's warm and it's just a really unexpected way to use sweet potatoes without making them disgustingly cloying LOL

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream

1 tablespoon chipotle chile puree*

4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/8 inch thick

Butter

Salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Whisk cream and chipotle puree together.

Butter a 10-inch square baking dish and arrange about half the potato slices in an even layer on the bottom of the dish. Drizzle with half the cream mixture, season with salt and pepper.

Repeat procedure, pressing down the gratin until totally submerged in cream mixture.

Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 30-45 minutes until cream has been absorbed and top is brown. Let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.

* To make chipotle chile puree - process 1 can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce in the bowl of a food processor until pureed.