Who can resist a really great potato bake? What is it about yummy food made out of potatoes that we just can’t say no to!!! This No-Fail Creamy Potato Bake recipe is super simple and you won’t serve up hard, uncooked potatoes.
As Australia Day approaches next week, I’m planning some side dishes to have with our family BBQ at home and I’ll be making this ‘Creamy Potato Bake’ on the day. I use a Mandolin Slicer as I can’t slice potatoes consistently, which can then result in undercooked potato in your bake. If you have one with a safety guard, you can get the kids to help. Mine love helping slice the potatoes.
SHOP: Mandolin Slicer
As the potato is boiling, brown up your bacon.
Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix to combine.
I’ve made potato bakes over the years where I have partly cooked the potatoes which I then layered evenly into the casserole dish, but the beauty of this bake is that it’s rustic and fuss free so just pour the potato mixture from the bowl into the casserole dish, then top with grated cheese.
Noms, that cheese looks so good, but so naughty. I made it recently and it’s the most deliciously creamy potato bake ever! That’s why I’m calling it my No-Fail Creamy Potato Bake. You will have to try it for yourself, but I find that the thickened cream and sour cream together give it that perfect balance between a thick, yet smooth sauce to cover your potatoes with, before baking it with all that naughty grated cheese.
No-Fail Creamy Potato Bake Recipe
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat your oven to 180°C for 15 minutes.
- Boil 6 potatoes on the stove for 10 minutes to soften. This helps to ensure you have beautifully cooked potatoes when serving.
- While potatoes are boiling, fry 4 bacon rashers in a pan with 1 tablespoon olive oil until the bacon is nice and crispy.
- Place 2 tablespoons garlic, 1 tablespoon parsley, 1 cup thickened cream, 1 cup sour cream, bacon and 1 cup of cheese into a bowl and mix to combine.
- Drain potatoes and add to the bowl, mix to coat.
- Place the potato mixture into an ovenproof casserole dish. Not in layers, allow this dish to be rustic.
- Sprinkle top with remaining grated cheese and bake until the cheese is golden brown.
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Have you made this recipe?
I’d love to hear how it turned out!
26 comments
I cover the dish with alfoil before I add the cheese, when its cooked through I add the cheese and cook until it’s browned.
This is how I do it too SO good!
What type of grated “tasty” cheese did you use?
In Australia what we call tasty cheese is cheddar cheese 🙂
Dear Organised Housewife,
My wife and I are making this potato bake now as a side to our Christmas lunch.
The instructions don’t mention what to do with the diced bacon once cooked.
I just put it in the bowl with the creams & cheese.
Looks good – thanks & Merry Christmas.
That’s correct John! I hope it worked out well for your Christmas lunch 🙂 Kat x
“Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix to combine.”
I made this one last night to go with our grilled fish for dinner. Absolutely easy and very yummy! Only two of us so we have leftovers, which I love. Thank you
This is fabulous to hear! Thank you for the feedback Gail. Kat x
“Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix to combine.”
Hi. How long do you bake it in the over for?
Thanks
I pop mine in for 10-15 minutes until the cheese browns. Every oven is different though, so just make sure you keep an eye on it the first time you make it. Enjoy!
Great recipe!! Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure! It’s super yummy isn’t it?! Kat x
Declared by my hubby as best ever!! ? So yum, thank you for the recipe! Saving this one ?
Love to hear this! Thank you for the feedback Kate 🙂 Kat x
Hi Katrina, I made this recipe as part of a Boxing Day lunch with friends. It was a big hit. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
So glad you liked it Dianne!
Absolutely delicious!! I made two batches of this for a work BBQ (one without bacon but added shallots for the vegetarians among us) and they were both a big hit. Have you ever prepared the mixture ahead of time, ready to pop in the oven when you need a quick dish?
It would be fine to prepare a day or two ahead I think. Just be mindful of the expiry dates of the ingredients you use. Don’t use cream if it’s close to it’s expiry etc Kat x
Hi Kat, I can never make this successfully so am trying your one for tea tonight…
What is thickened cream please? We may have it in NZ but have not come across it.
Thank you
Hi Yvonne, thickened cream is pouring/whipping cream with a thickener in it. If you don’t have that in NZ then fresh pure cream will work just as well.
I slice potatoes sweet potatoes onion & layer them in casserole dish with cheese in between season then pour cream over top bake until done. I allow 1.5 hours. I’m going to try your recipe Kat the sour cream sounds good 🙂
I hope you enjoy it x
I have cooked in layers, and used a mushroom duxelle for the first layer, for a bit of a twist. Fantastic!
That sounds like a delicious variation! Thanks for sharing.