Creamy & Tacky Potato And Bacon Bake

This creamy potato and bacon bake is consolation meals at its perfect… tender potatoes layered with crispy bacon and gooey cheese, baked in a creamy sauce!

A scrumptious aspect dish that takes simply quarter-hour to arrange and pairs completely with roast meat, hen or fish.

This potato bacon bake is smooth, 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, they usually love the mixture of cheese and bacon, ensure 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• Household pleasant – this recipe is LOVED by all of the household – younger and outdated alike!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 hearth with bowlful of that is certain 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!
• Typical 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!

Word: 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, nevertheless you can additionally use a ‘mild’ model if you happen to want.
• Butter – melted.
• Garlic – use both store-bought crushed garlic or crush your personal contemporary garlic cloves.
• Potatoes – approx 6 massive potatoes, peeled and sliced. Select a potato selection that is greatest for baking – I might select varieties akin 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 exploit a fan-forced oven. For those who 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 go away till cooked, prime with cheese and bake till effervescent and golden!

Word: 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 top of cooking.

Step 4 – Bake

Cowl the potato and bacon bake tightly with foil and bake within the preheated oven till the potatoes are smooth via.

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. 

Permit to face for a couple of minutes earlier than serving.

Professional Suggestions

• Select a potato selection that is greatest for baking – it’ll soften within the creamy base, with out changing into floury. Nonetheless it is such a forgiving recipe as potatoes, cream, bacon and cheese are at all times going to be a profitable combo!
• Make certain the potato slices are an excellent thickness – this makes certain they cook dinner evenly.
• Cowl the potato and bacon bake with foil – to maintain the potatoes moist and stop 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 via. You can too reheat particular person parts within the microwave.

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Potato And Bacon Bake

The BEST basic and creamy potato and bacon bake recipe!

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Course: Dinner, Aspect Dish

Delicacies: western

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Complete Time: 1 hour hour 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 serves

Energy: 420kcal

Writer: Lucy – Bake Play Smile

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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. Verify that the potatoes are smooth (if not, cowl with foil and proceed cooking till smooth).

• Take away the foil and sprinkle over the remaining grated cheeses.

• Bake for quarter-hour or till golden.

• Permit the potato bake to face for a couple of minutes earlier than serving.

Notes

RECIPE NOTES & TIPS

• Cream – use a full-fat thickened cream (or heavy cream) for a wealthy and creamy flavour, nevertheless you can additionally use a ‘mild’ model if you happen to want.
• Select a potato selection that is greatest for baking – it’ll soften within the creamy base, with out changing into floury. I might select varieties akin to Sebago, Desiree, Dutch Cream or Pontiac right here in Australia, nevertheless it is such a forgiving recipe as potatoes, cream, bacon and cheese are at all times going to be a profitable 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 via. You can too 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