High Five Recipes: Cream Scalloped Potatoes
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Had I not tasted these potatoes myself (when my friend’s mom made them) and realized that I had just bitten into a bite of comfort food heaven, I would not have believed that these three little ingredients all by themselves could actually create such a wonderful side dish.
All of the other scalloped potatoes I’ve ever made have required quite a bit of work: prepare potatoes…make a white sauce…layer the potatoes with the sauce…cook covered for a specific amount of time…then uncovered for another specific amount of time.
But this potato recipe? Scrub and slice potatoes. Sprinkle with salt. Pour cream over potatoes. Bake. Stir every once in a while. Eat. Try to be nice and share. No really Laura…please pass the potatoes.
Cream Scalloped Potatoes
4-5 medium potatoes
1 1/2 cups cream
sea salt to taste
Scrub potatoes and cut into very thin slices. Spread into a casserole dish. Sprinkle with salt. Pour cream over potatoes.
Bake uncovered at 300° for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, pulling dish out and stirring occasionally. Serve when potatoes are tender and cream has thickened.
The starch from the potatoes naturally thickens the cream into it’s own white sauce! SO simple!
Now, you’re welcome to throw in some onion or even sliced carrots into this dish if you want more flavor. I personally love it with just a generous amount of salt.
This potato dish is inexpensive, healthy and takes very little time to prepare. And it tastes like comfort food heaven. What more could we ask for?
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Cheesy salsa enchiladas :)
I have never met a scalloped potato I liked (other than the kind that come from a box- blush) until I modified a recipe from Simply Recipes recently for a date night at home. It was a-mazing. It wasn’t quite as simple as this but it didn’t take long at all and hubby and I both loved it.
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That sounds so good! I’m a big fan of simple in the kitchen!
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ooooooooooooooooh this IS cream scalloped potatoes. I thought you meant creamED scalloped potatoes… like creamed corn lol.
My vote? Cheesy salsa enchiladas.
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Do you use heavy whipping cream or half and half?
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Laura Reply:
March 5th, 2010 at 7:46 am
I use heavy whipping cream. Half and half might work, but the cream really makes a nice thick “sauce” for the potatoes.
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All your recipes are great so I vote you do one each week for the next two weeks! :)
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Danielle Reply:
March 5th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Agreed!!!!
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I vote for the butterscotch bars.
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Anything with S>A>L>S>A> please? =)
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I make our “scalloped” potatoes the same way, only I grease the pan with bacon grease first. I know, not so healthy, but oh so delicious!
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yum… I love scalloped potatoes- I will be trying this! I also love anything cheesy, with salsa, and in an enchilada-like form :)
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Butterscotch bars would be nice to see next time! Thanks for sending this recipe our way. I will be trying it soon!
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Butterscotch bars!
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Oh, I love scalloped potatoes! I wonder how much they’d be on weight watchers…
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This is SO funny because my husband actually likes those boxed “au gratin” potatoes and I hate them, kids don’t eat them much either.
I had a box on hand due to it being free after coupon, so I made it last night and dh was the only one to eat it lol. And loved it. *sigh*.
This is great, because I can cook this instead of those boxed kind.
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This sounds like a recipe I would like to try. We have oodles of potatoes and I buy whole raw milk so I usually have cream on hand. I love easy recipes!
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they were yum!
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Thank you… I’m switching up our menu this week to include this!
I vote for enchiladas.
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I vote for the enchiladas
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Yum. Easy and Yum. My favorite recipes!
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Yum! This sounds super easy and delish! My kind of recipe!! :D
have a great day!
Sherry
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