Mashed Potato Casserole With Gouda And Bacon Recipes

Steps:

• Butter 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Cook bacon in heavy large skillet until golden brown and crisp. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Chop bacon. Place in medium bowl. Add green onions; toss to distribute evenly.
• Place potatoes in large pot and add enough cold water to cover. Sprinkle with salt. Cover and boil with lid slightly ajar until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain well.
• Return potatoes to pot. Cook over low heat, stirring often, until potatoes are dry and light film forms on bottom of pot, about 2 minutes. Add next 3 ingredients. Using potato masher, mash until almost smooth. Stir in 1 1/2 cups smoked Gouda and 1 cup bacon mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Spread potato mixture in prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup Gouda over. DO AHEAD: Can be prepared 8 hours ahead. Cover and chill potato mixture and remaining bacon mixture separately.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake potatoes until cheese melts and edges of potatoes are bubbling, about 30 minutes (40 minutes if chilled). Sprinkle reserved bacon mixture over and serve.

Steps:

• Grease 13 x 9 x2 inch pan or spray with cooking spray.
• Cook bacon in a large heavy skillet until browned; transfer to paper towels and drain.
• Chop bacon and place in a medium bowl.
• Chop green onions, green parts only and add to bowl.
• Shred the gouda cheese; set aside.
• Peel potatoes and cook in a large pot with enough water to cover; sprinkle with salt.
• Cover and boil with lid ajar until potatoes are fork tender, about 15-20 minutes.
• Drain well and return potatoes to pot. Add sour cream, milk and butter.
• Using a potato masher, mash until almost smooth.
• Add 1 1/2 C shredded gouda cheese and 1 C bacon and onions.
• Spread potatoes into casserole and season with salt and pepper.
• Add remaining gouda over the top.
• Bake at 375 F until the cheese melts, about 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle with remaining bacon and onions and serve.

Steps:

• Place potatoes and 1 teaspoon of salt in a saucepan and cover with cold water.
• Bring to a boil and cook over medium heat until fork tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Drain.
• Return the potatoes to the saucepan and add the butter, cream, and cheese.
• Mash the potatoes, stirring to incorporate the seasonings.
• Season with salt and freshly ground white pepper. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly grease/spray a 13" x 9" baking dish; set aside.
• In a large pot, boil potato chunks and chopped onion in salted water until tender. Drain and return to empty pot.
• Add butter and milk and mash.
• Add Gouda, ricotta, dill weed, salt, pepper and garlic powder and continue to mash to desired consistency.
• Pour mashed mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Evenly drizzle the melted butter over top.
• Evenly sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake at 350°F, uncovered for 25-30 minutes or until just starting to lightly brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Boil potatoes in salted water in large pot over high heat until tender, 12 minutes.
• Drain, return potatoes to the pot, and dry over medium heat for 1 minute.
• Turn off heat, add milk, sour cream, and butter; mash until smooth, cover, and set aside.
• Saute bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp.
• Drain on a paper-towel lined plate, then stir into mashed potatoes; season with salt.
• Assemble casserole, spreading half the potatoes in a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Top with 1 cup of gouda, spread with remaining potatoes, then top with remaining cheese.
• Bake until golden, 30 minutes.
• Garnish with chives.

Steps:

• Adjust one oven rack to lower-middle position and second oven rack to highest position; heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Toss together cheese, garlic, and thyme in small bowl; set aside.
• Heat butter in medium saucepan over medium heat until foaming; whisk in flour and cook until golden and bubbly, about 30 seconds.
• Whisking constantly, gradually add chicken stock. Increase heat to high, add bay leaf, and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens, about 2 minutes. Off heat, remove and discard bay leaf; cover to keep sauce warm.
• Alternating Yukon Gold and russet slices, arrange a third of potatoes in snug overlapping rows in 9x13 baking dish, Sprinkle potato layer evenly with 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and a third of cheese mixture. Make a second layer with same amount of potatoes, salt, pepper, and cheese. Make a third layer with same amount of potatoes, salt, and pepper, but reserve remaining cheese. Pour warm sauce over potatoes, tilting pan side to side to distribute evenly.
• Cover with foil and bake on lower-middle rack 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and continue to bake until potatoes are tender, about 45 minutes longer.
• Remove potatoes from oven and sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake on highest rack until cheese is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes and serve.