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SCALLOPED BABY HASSLEBACKS

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 11 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 16 small purple and gold fingerling potatoes washed
  • 2 wooden skewers for cutting optional
  • olive oil salt & pepper
  • 1 cup half and half cream
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 2 oz. Manchego cheese grated
  • 2 oz. Gruyère cheese grated
  • 1 tsp dry thyme leaves
  • 1 T butter cut into thin slivers

Instructions
 

  • Place a potato on top of 2 skewers place about an inch apart. Carefully slice potato into thin slices, using the skewers as stops to prevent slicing all the way through. Repeat with remaining potatoes.
  • Place potatoes in sprayed 1 quart casserole dish. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Bake potatoes for 25 minutes.
  • Top potatoes with slivers of butter.
  • Combine cream with garlic, thyme and cheeses and additional salt and pepper. Pour over potatoes in dish. At this point dish can be refrigerated and baked later.
  • Bake potatoes uncovered at 425 for another 20-30 minutes until golden and bubbly. Baking time will be determined by temperature of dish before baking. Plan on 3-4 potatoes per serving. Recipe can be doubled and baked in a larger dish.
Keyword fingerling potatoes, hassleback potatoes, potato bake, potatoes