Hi Everyone,
No matter which way you combine potatoes, milk, cream, garlic, fresh herbs and cheese, the result would always be a resounding success. You never have to worry about leftovers and it quickly becomes one of your go-to side dishes when entertaining. The good thing is that people never seem to tire of eating it. Potato Bake is a winner every time.
There are many versions and variations of potato bake and it goes by different names depending on the style of preparation or the origin of the dish. There are Scalloped Potatoes – thinly sliced potatoes layered overlapping each other to create the scalloped look and cooked in cream. Potatoes Au Gratin, sliced potatoes layered and covered in milk or cream and topped with cheese or seasoned breadcrumbs to create a crusty topping. Dauphinoise Potatoes – sliced potatoes cooked in cream with the flavour of garlic.
Potato Pie comes in various forms, the most obvious is the replacing of the pasta for macaroni pie with chopped cooked potatoes. Another take on Potato Pie is to layer par-cooked potatoes with cooked minced meat, ham etc. top it with pastry or cheese and bake in an oven. Potato Bake is a little more free form in terms of how the
