Easy Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Sliced potatoes, layered with a seasoned cream sauce and cheese baked to a bubbly perfection for the holiday side dish you will add to your table every year!
Equipment
- 1 9x13" Baking Dish
- 1 knife, mandoline or food processor
Ingredients
- 2 lbs yukon gold potatoes
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic chopped to a paste
- 3 tbsp all purpose flour
- 2 cups 2%, whole milk or half and half warmed to about 100 degrees
- 2 tsp worcestershire
- 3/4 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp ground mustard
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1/2 tsp thyme dried, or 1 tsp fresh
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tbsp grated parmesan
- 2 lbs yukon gold potatoes cut to 1/8" slices
- 1 1/2 cups grated cheese see notes
Instructions
- Slice potatoes and place into a bowl of ice water until ready to assemble. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a pan, melt butter over medium heat. Once melted, add garlic and cook until fragrant. About 4 minutes.
- Add flour and cook to remove raw flour taste, about 3 minutes.
- Carefully and slowly, add about 1/3 of the milk to the pan while whisking to remove lumps. Slowly stream in remaining milk while whisking to ensure no clumps appear.
- Add worcestershire sauce, spices and whisk until combined. Continue to stir until sauce just coats the back of a spoon. Add parmesan and immediately remove from heat. Bechamel sauce should still be quite thin.
- If making ahead. Allow sauce to cool and put in airtight container. To assemble, move forward to next step.
- To assemble, spray baking dish with cooking spray. Assemble a layer of sliced potatoes, slightly overlapping. Top with a spoonful of sauce per row and use back of spoon to spread. You do not need much sauce between layers as sauce will spread as it bakes.
- Top with a bit of the cheese, about 1/3 of the mixture and repeat, building 2 more layers with the potatoes, sauce and cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes. Remove from foil and bake an additional 25-30 minutes, or until potatoes are bubbling in the center.
- Remove and allow to rest for at least 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy