Easy Creamy Cheesy Potato Bake

An easier, creamier alternative to Scalloped Potatoes / Potato Dauphinoise, this is made with cubes of potato that are cooked in the dish with the sauce. Far less effort than slicing potatoes thinly, making sauce separately then layering it all in a dish. Recipe video is below!

⏱ 95 min 🔨 Prep 10min 🔥 Cook 85min 📊 Hard 🍽 10 servings ⭐ 4.9 (65) 👁 6
Easy Creamy Cheesy Potato Bake

Ingredients

10 servings

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F (all types).
  2. Peel and cut the potatoes into 1 3/4 cm / 2/3" cubes. Place in a large bowl.
  3. Add all remaining ingredients except mozzarella. Mix.
  4. Pour into a 3 litre / quart baking dish (mine is 22cm / 9" square x 6 cm / 2.3" high).
  5. Cover with foil. Bake 60 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
  6. Remove foil, sprinkle over mozzarella cheese. Bake for 25 minutes or until cheese is golden.
  7. Rest for 5 - 10 minutes before serving, garnished with extra theme leaves if desired.

Nutrition per serving

360kcal

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$680.00
Per Serving
$68.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$1360.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (50% ingredients detected)
IngredientAmountSubtotal
/ 2.5lb potatoes 1.25 kg $220.00
0.6666666666666666 cup -
0.75 cup -
mayonnaise 0.3333333333333333 cup $34.00
fresh thyme leaves 0.5 tsp $30.00
garlic cloves 2 large $395.00
salt 0.75 tsp $1.00
Black pepper - -
2 cups -
1 cup -

*Estimated market prices, may vary by region

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Easy Creamy Cheesy Potato Bake

Ingredients:
  • 1.25 kg / 2.5lb potatoes ((any, other than waxy potatoes, see Note 1))
  • 2/3 cup (160 ml) milk ((full or low fat))
  • 3/4 cup (185 ml) thickened cream (heavy cream) ((heavy cream))
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise (, preferably whole egg (or 1/4 cup cream) (Note 2))
  • 1 1/2 tsp fresh thyme leaves (, plus more for garnish (or 1 tsp dried))
  • 2 large garlic cloves (, minced)
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • Black pepper
  • 2 cups (200g) shredded cheese (, for mixing (Note 3))
  • 1 cup (100g) shredded mozzarella cheese ( (or sub with another cheese, Note 3))

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