Decadent Scalloped Potatoes With Leeks Cream Food

SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH LEEKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 12-cup baking dish. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add leeks, and cook until translucent, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Arrange 1/3 of the potatoes in dish, slightly overlapping slices. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the salt, 1/2 of the nutmeg, and pepper, followed by 1/2 of the leeks and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat. Top with remaining potatoes in a spiral. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Combine cream and stock. Pour over cheese and potatoes. Cover with parchment and foil. (Mixture can be refrigerated overnight.)
• Bake for 30 minutes. Increase temperature to 425 degrees, uncover, and cook until top is golden brown and potatoes are tender, about 45 minutes. Let rest for 15 to 30 minutes before serving.

EXTRA-CREAMY SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush a shallow 2 1/2-quart baking dish with butter. Put the potatoes in a large pot. Whisk the cream, flour, bay leaf, nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon white pepper in a bowl, then pour over the potatoes. Cook over medium heat, carefully stirring occasionally, until the cream just comes to a simmer, about 12 minutes. Continue to simmer, adjusting the heat if necessary and stirring to prevent the bottom from scorching, until the potatoes just begin to soften, about 5 more minutes.
• Transfer the potato mixture to the prepared baking dish; discard the bay leaf. Set the baking dish in a roasting pan and add enough water to come about halfway up the sides of the baking dish. Bake until the potatoes are tender and golden brown, about 1 hour. Remove the baking dish from the water bath and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

LEEK AND POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an oval baking dish. Drain the leeks and rinse.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the leeks and thyme, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until the leeks are softened and golden, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Peel and slice the potatoes into very thin rounds. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Layer half of the potatoes in the buttered dish, then layer half of the cooked leeks over the potatoes. Repeat the layers.
• Return the skillet to medium heat and add the cream cheese, cream, chicken stock and garlic. Stir together, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the skillet. Sprinkle with the paprika and some salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, lower to a simmer and simmer for about 5 minutes so the cheese melts. Pour the cream mixture over the leeks and potatoes and top with the grated cheese.
• Cover with foil and transfer to the oven. Bake for 40 minutes, then remove the foil and continue baking until the cheese is bubbly and golden, 15 to 20 minutes more. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

POTATO LEEK GRATIN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees and butter a 2-quart gratin dish. Wash the leeks to remove any grit and slice thinly crosswise.
• Using a mandoline or sharp knife, slice the potatoes into rounds, 1/8-inch thick. Toss with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Layer the rounds in the gratin dish.
• Melt the 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add leeks, remaining salt and pepper, and thyme. Cook, stirring, until leeks are tender and golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Discard thyme and scatter the leeks over the potatoes.
• Add cream, garlic and bay leaf to the skillet, scraping up browned bits of leeks from the bottom of the pan. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Stir in nutmeg.
• Pour the cream over the leeks and potatoes and top with the Gruyère. Cover with aluminum foil and transfer to the oven. Bake for 40 minutes, uncover and bake until the cheese is bubbling and golden, 15 to 20 minutes longer. Let cool slightly before serving.

CREAMY AND CRISPY SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 1-quart casserole dish.
• Spread about 1/3 of the potatoes into the bottom of the prepared dish. Mix flour and salt together in a bowl; sprinkle about 1/3 of the mixture over the potatoes. Dot potato layer with about 1/3 of the butter. Sprinkle about 1/3 of the onion over the potatoes. Repeat layering twice more.
• Stream milk over the potato mixture in the casserole. Sprinkle paprika over everything.
• Bake in preheated oven until the top is nicely browned, about 1 hour.

NEVER-FAIL SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in cheese until melted., Coat an 8-in. square baking dish with cooking spray. Place half of the potatoes in dish; layer with 1/2 cup onion and half of the cheese sauce. Repeat layers. , Bake, covered, 50 minutes. Uncover; bake until bubbly and potatoes are tender, 10-15 minutes longer.

EASY SOUR CREAM SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain. Cut potatoes into cubes and place into a large bowl.
• Stir chicken soup, sour cream, and half the Cheddar cheese into potatoes until evenly incorporated; season with salt and black pepper. Spread potato mixture into a 9x13-inch casserole dish; sprinkle with remaining Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and Cheddar cheese is melted, about 30 minutes.

CREAMY SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH LEEKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Melt butter in Dutch oven or large saucepan on medium-low heat. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 min. Whisk in flour; cook 3 min. or until hot and bubbly, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk, mixing well after each addition. Cook on medium heat 4 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly.
• Add cheddar; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in rosemary.
• Place half the potatoes in 3-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with layers of leeks, remaining potatoes and cheese sauce. Cover.
• Bake 45 min. Top with Parmesan; bake, uncovered, 15 min. or until potatoes are tender and top is golden brown.

DECADENT POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Lightly butter a 12" baking dish.
• Scrub potatoes well and blot dry.
• Do not peel.
• Slice potatoes very thinly or use a mandoline (you can also use your food processor).
• Divide potatoes into 3 equal portions.
• Pour approximately 1/4 cup cream into bottom of the baking dish.
• Lay 1/3 of the sliced potatoes evenly in rows on top of the cream.
• Sprinkle 1/3 of the Gruyere on top of the potato slices.
• Pour 1/3 of cream over this and grind a little pepper and nutmeg over top.
• Repeat this process until all of the potatoes, cream and Gruyere cheese are used up.
• You will have 3 layers.
• Finish the dish by sprinkling the Parmesan cheese evenly over the top.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove the foil and bake an additional 20 minutes or until the top is browned and the potatoes are tender.

SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH LEEKS AND CREAM

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add sliced leaks and stir to coat. Reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover and cook until leeks are tender, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Uncover and cook until almost all liquid is absorbed, about 3 minutes.
• rub 9x13 inch baking dish with 1 Tablespoon butter.
• Mix cream and garlic in small bowl.
• Arrange half of potatoes in prepared dish. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cover with leeks. Sprinkle with half of cheese. Ladle half of cream mixture over potatoes and leeks. Repeat layering with remaining potatoes, cheese (you may use either white cheddar or Gruyere cheese). and cream mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
• This can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
• Let stand 1 hour at room temperature before baking. Bake until potatoes are tender and top is deep golden brown, about 1 hours and 15 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes at room temperature before serving.