Ok, I'm not sure what you really call it. I remember one name and my wife remembers another name. But, I'm looking for a recipe my dad made when I was a kid. It was a casserole dish he cooked in the oven. The casserole was full of potatoes sliced thin and thin strips/chunks of ham. The whole thing was in a orange yellow cheese sauce. He'd cook it in the oven for hours and when it came out it had a crisp brown crust on the top. Everyone would eat it until they were going to bust...
Anyone remember such a recipe? If you do, would you care to share it?
Thanks, Jon.
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I make something very similary - spray dish with Pam, layer slices of potato and ham chunks and a little thinly sliced or diced onion. Then dilute a can of Campbells Cheddar Cheese soup with some milk, pour over and bake 350 degreees for about 45 min. or till done. It's simple. I've even 'jump-started' it in the microwave to get it cooking and then put it in the oven to finish it off. I've also used Cream of Celery and sometimes Cream of Mushroom soup if I didn't have the cheese soup and then sliced some cheese over it.
Good Luck - might have to make some soon for us now!!!
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Potatoes baked with cheese are au gratin potatoes.
If I'm being too lazy to make it from scratch, I use a box mix for au gratin potatoes. I just follow the directions on the box and add cubed ham and usually some onions and broccoli. I usually make it in the crockpot.
Like most other things, it's better from scratch though. But the box mix is convenient in the camper.
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Yummm, the thought brought back memories of who got the crispy stuff left on the side of the baking dish!
here goes what I have:
Ham & Potatoes Au Gratin
1 1/2 c. diced cooked ham
3 c. sliced cooked potato
4 tbsp butter
1 med. chopped onion
3 tbsp flour
2 c. milk
Salt & pepper to taste
1/ 2 c. grated sharp Cheddar Cheese
Layer the ham and potatoes in shallow 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Melt the butter in sauce pan. Add onion and cook till golden. Blend in flour; add milk gradually and cook, stirring constantly till thickened. Season with salt & pepper. Pour over ham/potato mix and sprinkle with cheese. Dot with remaining butter. Bake at 400° for 20-25 min. Serves 4 generously.
or... you can google the recipe and find other ways of doing it.. I like this one done in a crock pot:
Scalloped Potatoes
I use a baking dish about 5 inches deep & about 18 inches in diameter
Peel and slice the potatoes and place them in the baking dish mixed with a peeled & sliced
onion.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, a little flour and (optional) some chunks of cheese.
Pour in about 2 inches of milk.
Place sliced ham on top.
Cover and bake til the top is browned.
We made a dish tonight and it turned out pretty darn good.
We sliced up a few potatoes (enough to fill a big casserole dish), sliced a medium sized yellow onion, diced 2 pounds of ham, 2 pounds of shredded cheese and mixed it all up in layers. Once that was done I added enough milk (skim was what we had) to cover the bottom 1/4" of the dish. Covered it with tin foil and stuck it in the oven at 400 degrees for about an hour. I kept checking the potatoes with a tooth pick too. Than we ate it while it was nice and hot with lots of sour cream as a topping... Everyone ate a lot of it! It was good. But, it wasn't what my dad made when I was a kid... I plan to have more tomorrow but I think I might add some chives to the sour cream too.
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