Country Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

Country Scalloped Potatoes

From bondc 17 years ago

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65 minutes to make
Serves 4

You need country ham for this recipe, not canned, not deli. Sugar-cured, country ham, from Kentucky or Virginia.

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Ingredients

6 medium potatoes shopping list
3 T. each: butter and flour shopping list
1 large sweet onion, chopped shopping list
4 oz. country ham, diced shopping list
1 c. each: milk and cream shopping list
1/4 t. dried mustard shopping list
salt and pepper shopping list

How to make it

Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a large baking dish.
Peel potatoes; rinse well then slice thinly (hint: the food processor is good at this).
In a saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add onions, turn heat down to low, and sauté for 5 minutes, until beginning to soften (but not until transparent).
Raise heat to high, stir in flour until smooth. Add milk and cream. Cook, stirring, until thick and bubbly. Stir in mustard, ham, and salt and pepper to taste.
Mix the potatoes and sauce in the baking dish, cover, and bake for 45 minutes. Uncover, and bake for an additional 20 minutes, until potatoes are tender and the top is nice and brown. Cheese? Are you kidding? (When I was a kid, I preferred au gratins to scalloped, but I grew up. Cheese is a frivolous distraction from proper scalloped potatoes.)

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mommyluvs2cook 11 years ago
Otterpond's IMI review Bondcs Country Scalloped Potatoes
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" It was excellent "
pointsevenout ate it and said...
Nice flavor. Fitted into a 9x9 baking dish to the top.
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" It was excellent "
otterpond ate it and said...
This Country Scalloped Potatoes recipe from BondC became an instant hit and we both went back for seconds. I made 1/2 order using 2 large baking potatoes I had in the basket. For the sweet onion I was lucky enough to have a couple of strawberry onions that needed using. Smithfield Ham was on hand was perfect.

I made a couple of changes in the preparation primarily to reduce the amount of carbs in the recipe. I used my mandolin at a 1/16th setting and then blanched the slices in salted boiling water. While those were draining I used the same mandolin setting to slice the onion. Since this was a 1/2 order I used 1 tbsp of butter and a tsp of bacon fat to saute the onion. Into the 1/2c cream and 1/2c low-fat milk I mixed the dried mustard but also some white pepper. I know cook BondC was not overly fond of using cheese in this mixture, but since he mentioned it I assumed that it was an optional ingredient. I took that option and mixed 1/4c of shredded extra sharp cheddar into the cream mixture. For a thickening agent I used 1/2 tsp of guar gum in lieu of the flour - this is a substitute to reduce carbs.

The last change that I made in the preparation which was not necessary at all and not mentioned by the cook but... it was good and looked good. I made a bread crumb topping from a single large slice of lightly toasted sour dough bread. To the crumbs I mixed a 1/4 tsp of nutmeg, cayenne and sage. Chopped and fried up 2 slices of bacon. Mixed the bacon bits along with 2tbsp of Monterey Pepper Jack.

After cooking sealed for 40 minutes at 325 (chose lower temperature as the potatoes were already partially cooked) I uncovered the casserole. I then increased the heat in the oven to 375. Once the 375 temperature was reached I sprinkled the bread crumb topping on the casserole and put it back in to let the crumbs brown up and bubble up. This was about another 10 minutes.

A picture is worth a thousand words. The 1/2 order of this recipe would easily feed six as long as you have extra fixings. But then there would be no left overs or anything for seconds... so make it for four :) But make it!! Terrific recipe thank you BondC.

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otterpond ate it and said...
I am going to give this a go tonight. The real question is whether or not I could possibly resist adding the cheese. I will be back to report.
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" It was excellent "
hunnee ate it and said...
beautiful!
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" It was excellent "
tamieoldham ate it and said...
Wow--only one rating on this so far. This is comfort food at its best!! You're making me hungry and it's already past my bedtime!!! You've got my high five!!
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dutchie326 16 years ago
Oh, yah! Excellant. I am going to get me some ham next week and make this.
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possumqueen 17 years ago
Savin this one too!
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cherihannah 17 years ago
Glad I live in the country Recipe like my Mom's. Making me hungry Have to make real soon
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hottamale 17 years ago
YUM! True comfort food. Thanks for a great post!
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bondc 17 years ago
Surely you can get country ham in Chicago, can't you?
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krumkake 17 years ago
Oh how I miss country ham (from our years in Missouri)...one of these days, I will have to order one shipped to us - there's just nothing like it, is there?
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Reviewed by 5 people

Wow--only one rating on this so far. This is comfort food at its best!! You're making me hungry and it's already past my bedtime!!! You've got my high five!!

tamieoldham in South Central loved it
beautiful!

hunnee in Nanaimo loved it
I am going to give this a go tonight. The real question is whether or not I could possibly resist adding the cheese. I will be back to report.

otterpond in Windermere loved it

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