Goat Cheese Scalloped Potatoes With Chive Blossoms Food

ASPARAGUS-AND-POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Toss bread-crumbs with oil; season with salt and pepper. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and toast until crisp and just beginning to brown, about 5 minutes.
• Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add asparagus. Return to a boil and cook until crisp-tender, 30 to 60 seconds. Transfer to a plate. Add potatoes to pot; cook until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain. Arrange potatoes in the bottom of an 8 1/2-by-11 1/2-inch or 2-quart baking dish (about 1 1/2 inches deep).
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour; cook until it has a slightly nutty aroma, about 30 seconds. Gradually (to avoid lumps) whisk in milk. Bring mixture to a boil and cook, whisking, until thickened slightly, about 1 minute. Remove from heat; add both cheeses and whisk until melted. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour half of sauce over potatoes. Arrange prosciutto and half of asparagus on top. Drizzle with remaining sauce. Top with remaining asparagus, then bread-crumbs. (Dish can be made to this point and refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 day; add 10 minutes to baking time.) Bake until bubbling around edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool slightly; serve, sprinkled with more Pecorino and chive blossoms.

POTATO AND GOAT CHEESE GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease the bottom and sides of a 1 1/2-quart gratin dish with the butter.
• Make a layer of overlapping potato slices on the bottom of the dish and sprinkle with half of the garlic and 1/3 of the goat cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Repeat with another layer of potatoes, the remaining garlic, another 1/3 of the cheese, and season with salt and pepper. Finish with a final layer of potatoes and the remaining cheese and season with salt and pepper. Pour the heavy cream over the top of the potatoes and, using your hands, press to condense the layers slightly. Make sure the potatoes are all covered with cream.
• Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until the gratin is bubbly and golden brown on top and the potatoes are cooked through. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

GOAT CHEESE POTATO GRATIN RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Get a 9x13-inch baking dish (or something equivalent) and set it aside.
• To the medium saucepan, set over medium heat, add the butter. When melted, add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute, until fragrant. Add the flour and stir until combined with the butter; cook for 1 minute. Pour in the milk and bring to a simmer, stirring frequently in order to prevent any lumps. Cook until mixture begins to bubble and thicken, about 5 minutes.
• Turn the heat off and mix in the Gruyère cheese, leaving 1/4 cup for the top. Stir until melted. Give it a taste and add salt and pepper to your liking. I added about 2 teaspoons of salt and a teaspoon of freshly ground pepper.
• To the baking dish, add an even layer of the potatoes. Add a few spoonfuls of the cheese sauce and top with a few dollops of goat cheese. Repeat until you've worked through all of the potatoes and cheese sauce. Cover with foil and transfer to the oven to bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Remove the foil and sprinkle the last bit of cheese on top. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes, until golden brown.

SMASHED POTATOES WITH GOAT CHEESE & CHIVES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a saucepan, and cover with cold water to 2 inches above. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender; drain. Return the potatoes to pan over low heat; add remaining 1 teaspoon salt and butter to pan. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher to desired consistency.
• Add cheese and peper to potato mixture; stir until cheese melts. Stir in milk; cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in chives.

SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH GOAT CHEESE AND HERBES DE PROVENCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Butter a 9 X 13 glass baking dish.
• Mix whipping cream, broth, white wine, scallions, garlic, herbes de provence and salt in a large pot.
• Bring to a simmer of medium high heat.
• Add half of the cheese; whisk until smooth.
• Chill remaining cheese.
• Add potatoes to pot; bring to simmer.
• Put potatoe mixture into the buttered baking dish and spread out evenly.
• Cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for 50 minutes until potatoes are very tender and the liquid bubbles thickly.
• Dot potatoes with the remaining cheese.
• Bake until the cheese softens about 5 minutes.
• Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.

CHIVE SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, salt, pepper and mustard until smooth; gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in chives. , In a 3-cup baking dish coated with cooking spray, layer half of the potatoes, 1/3 cup white sauce, remaining potatoes and remaining sauce. Cover and bake at 350° for 35 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender.

GOAT CHEESE MASHED POTATOES RECIPE

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large saucepan with cold water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil over high; reduce heat to medium, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Drain potatoes, and return to saucepan. Add goat cheese, cream, butter, salt, and pepper; using a potato masher, mash to combine. Top servings with chives.

CREAMY SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk Cooking Creme, milk and pepper until well blended.
• Layer half each of the potatoes, Cooking Creme mixture and Parmesan in shallow 2-L casserole dish sprayed with cooking spray. Repeat layers; cover.
• Bake 1 hour 15 min. or until potatoes are tender and sauce is hot and bubbly, uncovering after 45 min.

CHEESE SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cook onion in butter until soft, add flour and cook for 2 minutes, whisking. Whisk in milk and cook until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat and add 3/4 cup of cheese, stirring until melted; season with salt and pepper. Layer half of potatoes in a baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover with half of sauce. Layer remaining potato slices on top of sauce and season. Top with remaining sauce and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake, covered, for 30 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

GOAT-CHEESE SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH CHIVE BLOSSOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices with a manual slicer or sharp thin knife. Keep slices in a large bowl of cold water while making sauce.
• Cook shallots in butter in a small skillet over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Transfer to a blender and purée with milk, cream, cheese, kosher salt to taste, and pepper.
• Drain potatoes in a large colander and pat dry. Arrange in a buttered 3-quart shallow baking dish in 3 layers, pouring some of sauce over each layer (use all of sauce) and putting best potato slices on top layer. Bake, covered with foil, in lower third of oven. Remove foil after 45 minutes and continue to bake until potatoes are tender, 30 to 45 minutes more. If desired, briefly broil potatoes under preheated broiler until top is golden.