Recipe: Tasty Scalloped Potatoes

Scalloped Potatoes. The perfect side dish to an elegant or celebratory main course, or the welcome addition to any potluck supper, scalloped potatoes are one of those dishes that seem complicated, but are deceptively simple. You'll need to put in a bit of "peeler time" to get the spuds ready for the oven, but after that it's just a long bake and a short standing period to let the sauce thicken. This cheesy scalloped potatoes and ham-layered casserole dish features buttery potatoes and sweet hickory ham baked in a double Jack and Cheddar cheese sauce.

Creamy with a cheesy topping, scalloped potatoes can easily play side dish to almost any main course. Serve scalloped potatoes with your favorite meat and watch your family fall in love. Combine flour, salt and pepper; sprinkle a third over potatoes. You can have Scalloped Potatoes using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Scalloped Potatoes

1. You need 1 bag of baby potatoes or 2 lbs russet potatoes.
2. It's 1 tsp of flour.
3. You need 2 of shallots.
4. Prepare 4 cloves of garlic.
5. Prepare Dash of white wine.
6. Prepare 1 cup of chicken stock.
7. It's 1 cup of whole milk.
8. Prepare 1/8 tsp of nutmeg.
9. You need of Salt and pepper.
10. Prepare of 3 tbsp butter, divided.
11. Prepare of Cheese (blue, mozzarella, parm) to top - optional.

Top with a third of the onion. Combine soup and milk; pour a third over onion. Combine bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over top. In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth.

Scalloped Potatoes step by step

1. Make the roux. Dice shallots and mince garlic. Brown butter in a medium sauce pan. Sauté shallots until translucent; add garlic and cook gently (about 2 mins). Add flour and cook, whisking, until it’s light brown..
2. Make the sauce. Add splash of wine to the roux; whisk until alcohol smell has cooked off. Add half the chicken stock and whisk to incorporate. Add milk. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper. Simmer..
3. Grease bottom and sides of a medium casserole pan. Thin slice potatoes. Melt 2 tbls butter in microwave. Place your first layer of potatoes (overlapping slightly) and brush with melted butter. Repeat for all the layers..
4. Cover it all with your sauce. Optional: top with cheese..
5. Bake covered at 350 degrees for 1h. Remove cover. Cook uncovered for 40 mins. Finish with a quick broil..

Place a half of the sliced potatoes in a lightly greased one quart casserole dish. Pour half of cheese sauce over potatoes. Repeat with second layer of potatoes and cheese sauce. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Top with some paprika for color.