Foolproof recipe needed please! Scalloped potatoes!

[Beach Mama]

Mine are never quite right - not sure what I do wrong!

We went to a BBQ the other day and someone made a creamy one with bacon, onion and it was deeeelish!

Anyone got a great recipe to share!???

TIA

[Olive]

I use the recipe by Annabel Langbein, google her as her recipes are online, it doesn't have bacon but you could easily add

[PumpkinZulu]

I slice up my potatoes, line up in a baking tray, melt lots of butter and crush garlic into it, and pour over potatoes and bake covered for a bit, then uncover to get crispy. Sometimes I fry up some diced bacon and add that, and pour over some cream too.

[Olive]

Potato Gratin with Gruyere and Garlic | Annabel Langbein, The Free Range Cook | Television New Zealand | Television | TV One, TV2, U, TVNZ 7

[Beach Mama]

Thanks gorgeous chicks - will do a combo of both - the garlic sounds amazing plus it's for my dads 70th and it's all of us wogs plus 20 others ( I can say that coz I am one ) so they will love the garlic with the mountains of pork!!!

ETA: Jols is it the one called potato gratin with gruyere?!

[nothing2lose]

My sister does one with a packet of french onion soup mixed into a large bottle of cream, pour over thinly sliced potatoes until covered (you may need milk to thin out cream) add chopped bacon, grated cheese, onion, etc. Bake.

[Olive]

Yup! It is the best recipe I've used!

[Tinks]

I just layer potato, bacon, onion, salt and pepper then pour a tub of cream over it and top with grated cheese and bake it for about an hour.

[~clover~]

I cheat & use the packet. Its so damn good!

I add sour cream & chives to my potato bakes as well. Lots of cream. Cheese (not just on top).

[LuluHB]

I layer potatoes, bacon, spring onion or shallots, then pour over a mixture of cream, sour cream and a beaten egg. Then sprinkle a bit of bacon and shallots on the top, then top with cheese (either cheddar if I'm fooling myself the kids will eat it, or gruyere if its for adults.

I par boil the potatoes first so that they definitely cook and the top ones get really yummy and crispy.

[BlackRose]

Slice around 3-4 large potatoes thinly, slice one onion thinly, 1 cup cheese, grated, 300ml cream (small tetra pack size), 1 tsp chicken stock powder (I use vegeta).

Layer onion, potato and cheese (saving around 1/4 cup cheese to sprinkle on top), whisk cream and stock powder together and pour over the top then sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake on lowish heat (160'C) for around 1hr 15mins.

Seriously, this is the easiest baked cheesy potato recipe I have ever made and it tastes so good. The cream kinda soaks into the potato and the onion goes nice and soft and adds a lovely flavour. I make this at least once a week and it's a family favourite.

Enjoy!!

[LimeSlice]

Tan - yep, Scalloped Potato = Potato Gratin.

[Schmickers]

I use a recipe very similar to Black Rose's. Works every time.

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[CKJ]

I'm going to try some of these. No matter what I do I can't get mine to cook! It can be in the oven for an hour and still be rock hard!

[Beach Mama]

Ya'll rock! cmkm Mine do too so Im going to par boil today JIK!

[Tinks]

I'm going to try some of these. No matter what I do I can't get mine to cook! It can be in the oven for an hour and still be rock hard!

Sometimes if I'm in a hurry, I make the potato bake and put it in the microwave for 6 mins to par cook before putting it in the oven.

[PumpkinZulu]

Well this thread just got my pregnancy cravings going. I made a different version based on this thread; my usual butter-garlic base, and added a cream, bacon and mushroom sauce dolloped on, onion and grated cheese. It's in the oven now and I'm drooling. I find the butter makes it nice and crispy and crunchy (which is how I prefer it).

[Beach Mama]

Mines in too!!! Used the Annabel one but added onion and bacon - I crushed the garlic into the cream and added more because it didn't seem cover it - in the oven now - will let you all know how it turns out! I par boiled the potatoes for about 2 mins = they were pretty thin anyway!