Potato Layer Bake

Potato Layer Bake is a delicious side dish. The potatoes are gloriously soft and tender with a wonderful crispy topping. They are seriously full of flavour having additional vegetables layered in and then cooked in a rich stock. They are similar to dauphinoise potatoes but with more flavour and without the high fat content.

Ingredients

• 8 large potatoes
• 2 large onions – chopped
• 3 large ripe tomatoes chopped
• 3 cloves garlic chopped
• 3 stock cubes – grated
• freshly ground black pepper
• 6 spoonfuls of butter
• boiling water

Here’s how to make your potato layer bake

Pre-heat the oven at 180 degrees C

First peel the potatoes and slice finely to about 0.5 cm thick.

Butter a deep oven- proof dish about 9″ x 13″.

Start layering your potatoes

Using about 1/3 of the potatoes, lay a layer in the buttered dish.

Add a layer of onions and tomato

Lay the tomatoes, the garlic and 1/2 the onions over them. Grate one of the stock cubes over the surface.

Season well with pepper.

Using another 1/3 of the potatoes lay down another layer.

Top this with the other 1/2 of the onions.

Grate another stock cube over the top. And again season well with pepper.

Lay the remaining potatoes over the top.

Grate the last stock cube over the top.

Dot the butter over the top.

Pour boiling water into your baking dish until it’s to about half the depth of the potatoes.

Cover the baking dish with cooking foil.

Allow space between the cooking foil and the potatoes so they don’t stick and also to allow for steam to percolate.

Cook your Potato layer bake for about an hour

Put your Potato Layer Bake into the pre-heated oven and cook for about an hour.

Check that the potatoes are cooked by gently inserting a knife into them – they should be beautifully soft.

If they are still a little hard, cook them a little longer.

When the potatoes are done, remove the foil.

Remove the foil and let the top layer of potatoes get a glorious tan

Return to the oven for about 10 minute. This will allow the surface to become a beautiful golden brown.

Allow the potatoes to cool slightly before serving – this allows the flavours to shine through.

Enjoy

Here’s another way to serve Potato Layer Bake

Another way to enjoy Potato layers is as Lamb Stew with Potato Layer Bake. The stew is cooked first. The potatoes are then cooked in the rich gravy from the stew. The meat from the stew is then spooned over the potatoes along with a little of the remaining gravy.

For the recipe for the perfect Lamb Stew click here:

I’m sure you’ll love this recipe. I do hope you try it.

Let me know how you get on with it. And keep those photos coming in – I love seeing them.