I got the idea for this potato dish from the Idaho Potato Commission website. But just like a dummy I didn’t bookmark or pin it. I went there tonight so I could cite who I adapted the recipe from and I couldn’t find the recipe anywhere on the site. If anyone sees this post and finds a similar recipe on the Idaho Potato Commission website I would love to know. It’s really just a simple scalloped potato recipe. I prettied it up by squaring off the potatoes, standing them up, and adding a ton of cheese!
Do you remember those boxed, dried, scalloped potatoes? My parents used to make those every once in a while when I was a kid. I felt like I was the only one in my family that hated them. I remember wondering what people liked about them. I also remember wondering why we couldn’t just have baked potatoes or baked potato wedges instead. I loved it when my parents made roasted potato wedges! I even really liked instant mashed potatoes (I still do). But there was something about those flimsy, dried up, potato slices that didn’t taste quite right after they were cooked. I wonder if I’d like them now. I’ll probably never know.
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Ingredients
- 2 tsp. fruit fresh
- 4 large baking potatoes
- 4 oz. jalapeno white cheddar thinly sliced
- 4 oz. sharp cheddar thinly sliced
- 1/4 c. 2 fl. oz. cream
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 375F. Line a small (6"X 8") baking dish with foil lined parchment paper.
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Fill a large bowl with water. Add fruit fresh. Stir until dissolved.
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Square off your baking potatoes.
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Using a mandolin, food processor, or knife slice your potatoes very thin.
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Toss your potato slices into the water to prevent oxidation until you are ready to assemble.
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Cut your cheese slices roughly the same size as the potatoes.
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Drain your potatoes and fill your lined pan with your potatoes stacking them upright like dominoes.
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Wedge your cheese slices between your potatoes.
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Drizzle the cream over the potatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
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Bake potatoes uncovered for 90 minutes. Watch for too much browning. You may have to cover them for part of the time.
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Remove potatoes from oven. Let rest and cool slightly. Then Eat!!!
Tomorrow is Friday! I can’t wait. This month is going by way to fast! One week of November is already gone and I still have so much to do. Are you all ready for the Holiday’s? My little boy is writing on the refrigerator with a green crayon right now so I am going to sign off. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Julie: The coolest Scalloped Potatoes I have ever seen! A sculpture in a dish. Love it!!!
Thanks Dad! I Love You!!!