This creamy potato and bacon bake is consolation meals at its best possible… tender potatoes layered with crispy bacon and gooey cheese, baked in a creamy sauce!
A scrumptious facet dish that takes simply quarter-hour to arrange and pairs completely with roast meat, hen or fish.
This potato bacon bake is gentle, creamy, tacky, and the final consolation meals!
Like my French onion hen bake, tuna pasta bake, quinoa bake and creamy hen and bacon pasta bake, this straightforward household dinner takes simply minutes to arrange, then merely place it within the oven till effervescent and golden!
If your loved ones is like mine, and so they love the mixture of cheese and bacon, make sure to take a look at my cheese and bacon rolls, cheese and bacon cob loaf, cheese and bacon hen sausage rolls, and cheese and bacon muffins for assured crowd pleasers!
Why You are Going To Love This Recipe
- Straightforward recipe – simply fry, slice, whisk and layer!
- Household pleasant – this recipe is LOVED by all of the household – younger and outdated alike!
- Consolation meals – potato and bacon bake is so creamy and scrumptious, and curling up in entrance of the fireplace with bowlful of that is positive to heat you up, even on the coldest winter days!
- Freezer-friendly – make a double batch or this potato bake with bacon or freeze any leftovers for as much as a month, for a fast and straightforward dinner!
- Standard and Thermomix – each strategies are included within the recipe card on the finish of the put up.
What You Want
You solely want a handful of budget-friendly components to make this scrumptious creamy bacon and potato bake!
Notice: Scroll to the recipe card on the backside for the components portions and full detailed methodology.
- Bacon items – or use short-cut bacon (again bacon within the US) chopped into items.
- Cream – use a full-fat thickened cream (or heavy cream) for a wealthy and creamy flavour, nonetheless you might additionally use a ‘mild’ model in case you want.
- Butter – melted.
- Garlic – use both store-bought crushed garlic or crush your personal contemporary garlic cloves.
- Potatoes – approx 6 giant potatoes, peeled and sliced. Select a potato selection that is greatest for baking – I might select varieties comparable to Sebago, Desiree, Dutch Cream or Pontiac right here in Australia.
- Grated cheddar and mozzarella cheeses – utilizing a mix of cheddar and mozzarella creates the cheesiest style and a scrumptious oozy texture.
- Salt and pepper – to style.
Gear Required
You do not want any fancy tools to make this cheese and bacon potato bake!
- 2 litre (8 cup) capability baking dish.
- Frying pan – to fry the bacon in.
- Small bowl or jug, or Thermomix – for whisking the cream, butter and seasonings in.
- Oven – I take advantage of a fan-forced oven. When you use a standard oven, improve the temperature by 10-20 levels Celsius.
Step By Step Directions
This recipe for potato bake with bacon takes simply quarter-hour to arrange! Then place within the oven and depart till cooked, prime with cheese and bake till effervescent and golden!
Notice: Scroll to the recipe card on the backside for the components portions and full detailed methodology.
Step 1 – Fry The Bacon
Preheat the oven. Grease a baking dish and put aside.
Prepare dinner the bacon items in a frying pan till crispy. Put aside on a plate lined with a paper towel to drain any extra oil.
Step 2 – Whisk The Cream, Butter And Seasonings Collectively
Place the cream, melted butter, minced garlic, salt and black pepper right into a small bowl or jug. Whisk till mixed.
Step 3 – Layer The Bake
Peel your potatoes and slice into very skinny slices.
Unfold ⅓ of the sliced potatoes into the bottom of the baking dish.
Pour over ⅓ of the cream combination.
Sprinkle over ⅓ of the crispy bacon.
Then sprinkle over ⅓ of the grated cheese.
Repeat with one other layer of the potatoes, cream, bacon and grated cheese.
For the ultimate layer, add the potatoes, cream and bacon, however not the remaining grated cheese. Place the remaining cheese apart so as to add in the direction of the tip of cooking.
Step 4 – Bake
Cowl the potato and bacon bake tightly with foil and bake within the preheated oven till the potatoes are gentle by.
Take away the foil and sprinkle over the remaining grated cheeses then return the potato bake to the oven and bake till the highest is golden.
Enable to face for a couple of minutes earlier than serving.
Professional Ideas
- Select a potato selection that is greatest for baking – it would soften within the creamy base, with out turning into floury. Nonetheless it is such a forgiving recipe as potatoes, cream, bacon and cheese are at all times going to be a successful combo!
- Make certain the potato slices are a good thickness – this makes positive they cook dinner evenly.
- Cowl the potato and bacon bake with foil – to maintain the potatoes moist and forestall the highest layer from browning an excessive amount of within the oven.
- Retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as three days.
- To reheat – place within the oven at a medium temperature till heated by. You too can reheat particular person parts within the microwave.
FAQ’s
Completely! Freeze potato bake in an hermetic container for as much as 1 month and permit to defrost within the fridge in a single day earlier than reheating. To reheat, place within the oven at a medium temperature till heated by. You too can reheat particular person parts within the microwave.
Sure! This potato bake recipe is gluten free.
Sure, you may, in actual fact, reheating the potato bake within the microwave creates extra moisture and subsequently is much less prone to dry the potato bake out than reheating within the oven.
For extra comforting, cosy household dinners, listed here are a few of my hottest recipes:
WANT EVEN MORE DELICIOUS RECIPES? Subscribe to my publication or observe alongside on Fb or Instagram. And in case you love baking, then please come and be part of my Fb cooking membership group or subscribe to my YouTube channel.
Potato And Bacon Bake
The BEST basic and creamy potato and bacon bake recipe!
Servings: 8 serves
Energy: 420kcal
Forestall your display screen from going darkish
Directions
-
Preheat the oven to 180 levels celsius (fan-forced). Grease a 2 litre / 8 cup capability baking dish and put aside.
-
Place the bacon items right into a frying pan over medium-high warmth. Prepare dinner till crispy. Put aside on a plate lined with a paper towel to empty any extra oil.
-
Place the cream, melted butter, minced garlic and salt and pepper right into a small bowl or jug. Whisk till mixed. If utilizing a Thermomix: Combine for 10 seconds, Pace 8.
-
Peel the potatoes after which slice into very skinny slices (approx 3mm thick).
-
Unfold ⅓ of the sliced potatoes into the bottom of the baking dish. Pour over ⅓ of the cream combination and sprinkle with ⅓ of the crispy bacon and ⅓ of the grated cheese.
-
Repeat with one other layer of the potatoes, cream, bacon and grated cheese.
-
For the final layer, add the potatoes, cream and bacon (however not the remaining grated cheese).
-
Cowl tightly with foil and bake for 1 hour and quarter-hour. Test that the potatoes are gentle (if not, cowl with foil and proceed cooking till gentle).
-
Take away the foil and sprinkle over the remaining grated cheeses.
-
Bake for quarter-hour or till golden.
-
Enable the potato bake to face for a couple of minutes earlier than serving.
Notes
- Cream – use a full-fat thickened cream (or heavy cream) for a wealthy and creamy flavour, nonetheless you might additionally use a ‘mild’ model in case you want.
- Select a potato selection that is greatest for baking – it would soften within the creamy base, with out turning into floury. I might select varieties comparable to Sebago, Desiree, Dutch Cream or Pontiac right here in Australia, nonetheless it is such a forgiving recipe as potatoes, cream, bacon and cheese are at all times going to be a successful combo!
- Retailer any leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as three days.
- Freeze in an hermetic container for as much as 1 month (permit to defrost within the fridge in a single day earlier than reheating). To reheat, place within the oven at a medium temperature till heated by. You too can reheat particular person parts within the microwave.
Vitamin
Energy: 420kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 12g | Fats: 31g | Saturated Fats: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g | Monounsaturated Fats: 7g | Trans Fats: 0.1g | Ldl cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 274mg | Potassium: 601mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1101IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 297mg | Iron: 1mg
