Potato bake
Sometimes fresh cream isn't at always hand, but I tend to keep a tin of evaporated milk in the pantry. Here is a superb Potato Bake (or Scalloped Potato) recipe which you can knock out to keep the family happy and full.
Ingredients
- Knob of butter or rice bran oil spray for greasing the dish
- 1 kg potatoes washed and sliced
- 1 large onion sliced
- 1 tin of evaporated milk 375ml
- ½ cup chicken stock
- salt, pepper and nutmeg
- Handful grated tasty cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200 °C.
- Grease your dish (think something rectangle or oval, 5cm deep, that is ovenproof and looks great on the table to serve)
- Layer half the sliced potato on the bottom of the dish, then lay half the onion.
- Pour over the evaporated milk, which you've whisked together with the chicken stock, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Repeat the layers: potato, onion and drizzle over the last of the milk/stock.
- Season and sprinkle with the cheese (we like tasty but any cheese if fine, you can also omit).
- For a crispy top on the potato bake, sprinkle a layer of dukkah over the cheese (breadcrumbs is fine too).
- Cover your potato bake tightly with foil and bake half an hour until potatoes are just tender.
- Remove the foil and cook for another 20 minutes to get a golden, crisp top. Creamy mixture will thicken and bubble deliciously up the sides. Serve straight to the table, steaming and golden on a pot holder or heat resistant mat.
- Delicious with steak or chicken.
Notes
Potato Factoid:
1 potato gives us a quarter of our required daily Vitamin C. Other Potato Bake variations:
Use 300ml cream or milk instead of the evaporated milk.
Omit the stock and just add another cup of cream or milk, or even water.
Lose the cheese if watching calories.
Add garlic and herbs to give it a health boost.
1 potato gives us a quarter of our required daily Vitamin C. Other Potato Bake variations:
Use 300ml cream or milk instead of the evaporated milk.
Omit the stock and just add another cup of cream or milk, or even water.
Lose the cheese if watching calories.
Add garlic and herbs to give it a health boost.
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