the perfect potato bake! I just tried to make the country goodness one and its curdled looks runny, I need to make a fantastic one for monday
pickles7,
Oct 11, 5:49pm
what did you put in your potato bake!
n1smo_gtir,
Oct 11, 5:51pm
6 potatos a tub of sour cream cup of milk cheese salk and pepper
the original recipe asked for 4 potato's , 3/4 tub of sour cream and 3/4 cup of milk
margyr,
Oct 11, 5:53pm
on a cooking show I watched last night, equal quantities of milk and cream, butter, garlic and salt and pepper,bring to an almost boil, he sliced potatoes with a mandoline and then just dumped them in dish and spread them out, then poured the hot mixture over the potatoes, pushed the garlic in and around, then put tinfoil shiny side down over the dish and baked 150 for about an hour, his looked yummy.
n1smo_gtir,
Oct 11, 6:04pm
ooooooh will have to try and if all else fails feed it to the boys and take something else lol
chrissie91,
Oct 11, 6:05pm
I pre cook my potatoes, slice them and put into dish along with finely chopped onions, then pour the sauce over it. I only cook for half an hour. We love it.
margyr,
Oct 11, 6:13pm
the one you just made that looks curdled will probably be ok tomorrow, leave it set overnight and then reheat slowly. Yeah, the one on the cooking show looked great. I used to make one, thinly slice potato and onion, put it in layers with grated cheese between each layer, garlic too if you want, and then I poured a bottle of cream over it and baked slowly till cooked, used to make it in the big roasting pan, so adjusted the cream to just come up about 3/4's of the way of the potato and then grated cheese on the top, was always a bit sloppy to dish up but tasted yum, and if any was left over it was set the next day.
malcovy,
Oct 11, 6:41pm
I used to make a delicious one using cream,garlic,salt, pepper and potatoes, very very nice.I rarely eat potatoes now but this would be the one that I would succumb too.You have to be generous with the cream. Whoops and onion as well.
gaspodetwd,
Oct 11, 7:08pm
First you need the right sort of potatoes. I like waxy ones as they hold their shape. Then they must be sliced really thinly. Rub a garlic Clove on a baking dish and smear well with butter. Layer the potato slices and season with fresh black pepper and salt - each layer. Then warm full fat milk and creme fraiche together and whisk. Whisk in eggs ( I usually use three for a large bake for 4 people). Pour over. Grate a little fresh nutmeg over the top. Dot with butter. Cover with foil and cook at 150 for an hour. Then take off foil and continue cooking at that temp for between 30mins and a full hour. This is the classic French dish - gratin dauphoise as to taught to me by my Parissienne friend. Always amazing.
ellie04,
Oct 12, 6:51am
I make my potato bake, by slicing potatoes and layering in a lightly buttered oven proof dish, sprinkle some garlic and herb salt over the potatoes, toss over a sachet of Maggi's mushroom soup or a tin of condensed soup and pouring a pottle of cream over it and bake in the oven for a good hour or so - easy and delicious!
mackenzie2,
Oct 12, 7:22am
I make a really easy and tasty potato bake, it takes half an hour from unpeeled to the table. Peel (or not) your potato's slice very thinly, put half into a container (microwavable) then toss in what ever (I usually put in onion, mushroom, ham, chicken stock) then cover with more sliced potato's. Pour cream (about 300mls for 4 large potatos) then cover with cling wrap and microwave for 12 - 20 mins check after 12 mins that they are cooked, at this stage I use another container as a weight, to press the potaoto mixture so it is firm, then grate cheese, and pop under the grill. Nice, tasty, fast and easy
mackenzie2,
Oct 12, 7:23am
I just use the weight to press the potato mix down, then obviously remove it.
indy95,
Oct 12, 8:28am
If is best to use full fat milk i.e. dark blue top and if you add a spoonful of cornflour to the liquid it will stabilise the sauce and will prevent or at least reduce curdling. Ireally loathe the curdled sauce that you sometimes get in potato bakes and have found that this helps.
elliehen,
Oct 12, 8:58am
In the US it's a popular dish and is called 'Scalloped Potatoes'.If you Google that you'll get zillions of hints and variations on the basic recipe.
buzzy110,
Oct 12, 9:31am
Floury potatoes and par boil whole. Slice and do the layering thing with grated cheese and anything else you want to add, such as onion rings. You can use any sort of liquid but combinations of milk and/or cream are common. Your recipe looked perfectly fine. You do understand that as it cooks the liquid dries out and is absorbed by the potatoes as well. The cheese also melts and clumps of cheese and sour cream in the lower layers are going to appear. The dish should not be full of liquid, but drier and cheesey, potatoes soft and the top crispy crunchy with lovely caramelised black/brown bits around the side. These darker coloured bits are the choice part of the whole dish imo.
clelandstimber,
Oct 12, 10:00am
Same as just everyone on here you need potatoes, cream, garlic, onion, cheese and salt and pepper. Thiny slice potatos and put two layers in a big roasting dish, on top of this put finely chopped garlic (one clove) and about a quarter of a sliced onion, lots of salt and pepper, a small layer of cheese and pour over some cream (around 1/3 of a bottle). Repeat with another two layers of potatoes and the same mixture of garlic, onion, cheese and cream on top on this. Put a final small layer of potatoes on top. I then microwave it for ten minutes, Finally top with lots of cheese and grill in the oven for another 10-15 minutes. (Or you could bake covered for 50min and grill for the last ten minutes with the extra cheese). Really yummy and do this often but not good if you want to be on a diet
greerg,
Oct 12, 12:35pm
I use a "baking roasting" type of potato and 300 mls of liquid to 1 kg of potatoe, with onion, cheese, etc as desired.Always seems to work.
cookessentials,
Oct 12, 12:50pm
I have never pre-cooked potatoes for a creamy bake. #1 you could try this.which is lovely and very tasty. although rich. "Pams creamy potatoes" recipe, so here it is. 25g butter, melted;1 clove garlic,crushed;1/4 tsp nutmeg;2 cups grated tasty cheese; 1 kg potatoes,peeled and sliced thinly;2 eggs,lightly beaten;1x 300ml carton cream;1 cup milk;1/2 cup stale breadcrumbs;fresh herbs to garnish. combine melted butter,garlic and nutmeg in a bowl. Brush a shallow oven proof dish with half the butter mixture. Sprinkle half the cheese over the base and layer the potato slices. Combine remaining butter mix, eggs, cream and milk in a jug and pour gently over potato slices. Sprinkle top with remaining cheese and breadcrumbs ( I dont usually bother with the breadcrumbs) Bake in hot oven - 200C for about 1 hour or until potatoes are tender. (Cover with foil if top becomes too brown.
* Quote from the potatoes thread.
greerg,
Oct 12, 5:53pm
Sounds delicious Pam but I think I've put on weight just reading that.
cookessentials,
Oct 12, 6:27pm
Yes, you only need a small serving greerg
quarterpasttwo,
Oct 12, 7:46pm
slice potatoes salt and cream this should be only liquid used to cover potatoes completlythen bake for 2 hours ina low to medium oven
surf2,
Oct 13, 8:48am
Slice Poatoes Layer in a dish Mix together 3ooml Cream, 1 pkt maggi cream of chick soup mix, salt and fresh ground pepper and pour over. Bake in oven about 1 - 2 hours 150 - 180 degrees half hour before ready grate some cheese over its yum!
splitty,
Oct 13, 6:42pm
Snap, but I use onion soup and no extra salt with grated cheese on top. Kumara bake with cream and chicken soup is great too
bev00,
Jan 7, 11:11pm
This is my one which I have used on numerous occasions. It makes a very good dish for a pot luck tea too :)
1 kg potatoes 2 medium onions, diced 2-4 rashers diced bacon 250 g lite sour cream (Or regular, it's up to you) 1/2 c milk (Can be low fat) Pkt of bacon and onion or onion soup mix 1 c grated cheese
-Peel the potatoes and cut into 2-3 mm thick slices -Grease a shallow casserole dish, -Saute onion and bacon and set aside. -Sprinkle half of the onion and bacon over the dish. Cover with half the sliced potato, overlapping if need be. -Sprinkle over the remaining onion and bacon and arrange the rest of potato on top. -Whisk together the sour cream, milk and soup mix. Pour over the potato, sprinkle the top with the grated cheese and bake at 220 for 30 minutes, with tinfoil covering the top. Uncover and bake for another 30 minutes until golden brown and potatoes in the middle are cooked.
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lythande1,
Jan 8, 5:39am
Cheese sauce instead of the cream etc. It's how I do it too.
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