hearty sides

Ruth's Chris Potatoes au Gratin Copycat

butter

onion,

garlic clove,

salt

black pepper

chicken stock

heavy cream; add a little more if it doesn’t cover potatoes

parsley

Melt the butter, and sauté the onion over medium heat until soft and translucent. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper and cook for about 30 seconds. Add the stock, cream, and potatoes and bring to a good (not a boil) simmer. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently until the potatoes are nearly tender when pierced with a knife, about 15 to 20 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning to your taste. Gently stir.

Transfer the mixture to a buttered 8 x 8&#8243; or equivalent sized baking dish (or about five to six individual casseroles). Top with the cheese and bake in the preheated oven for about 10 -15 minutes for the casserole (a little less for individual casseroles) or just until the sauce is bubbling and the cheese is melted. Cool a few minutes before serving. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.

Note: Although our family loves this just as is, this is a very creamy dish with cream, potatoes and cheese, and just a little onion, one clove garlic and the bit of chicken stock for additional flavor. It&#8217;s fine to taste the sauce before you transfer to the casserole and be sure to adequately season with salt and pepper. If you are a person who prefers a dish that is more highly flavored, feel free to increase the onion and/or garlic to taste.

Traditional Irish Potato Cakes

butter, more if needed

potatoes

flour

pepper

chives, cheese (better salt

These may be dipped in flour or dipped in egg, then in flour if desired. They may also go through a breading process of dipping in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.

If no leftover mashed potatoes are on hand, it will take about 3 to 4 medium sized raw potatoes to make about two cups of mashed.

These may be made with leftover boiled potatoes, also. Simply mash, mix with a bit of butter and milk and proceed with the recipe.

This is a great recipe for &#8220;planned&#8221; leftovers &#8211; simply make extra mashed potatoes so there will be plenty to make potato cakes.

Potato cakes can be formed, make them rather thin, about 3/4&#8243; thick, placed on plastic wrap and frozen. Once frozen, bag for later use. No need to thaw, simply cook as directed.

Notes

Shortcut this recipe by draining off the excess liquid from the top of the can and baking for 30 minutes.

Doctoring Canned Baked Beans

bacon, diced

water

brown sugar

ketchup

mustard powder (or

molasses

white or apple cider vinegar

ginger,

If you don&#8217;t have brown sugar on hand, just add white sugar and a 1/2 teaspoon more molasses.

Beans will thicken as they cool and become quite thick if refrigerated. Reheat with a little water, if desired.

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