Creamy baked potatoes with a cheesy touch

Creamy baked potatoes is one of the most comforting recipes that you need to give your self a pick me up with just milk and a bit of cheese. This recipe is versatile, easy and you literally can’t go wrong with it.

Here are a couple of adjustment points:

1. We will be using milk instead of cream and will be getting the consistency from the starch of the potatoes.
2. If you have pre-boiled the potatoes, get a tablespoon of some sort of starch and a tablespoon of water combined together – you will achieve the same result
3. Depending on how creamy you like potatoes, consider using cream or full-fat milk. I did not have either – I just had 1.5% milk that I usually use for my coffee in the morning.

Ingredients

1. A couple of potatoes, peeled, thoroughly washed and sliced
2. A small onion sliced thinly – I had red onion. You can use whatever
3. 1 garlic clove, sliced thinly
4. 100ml of milk
5. Olive oil, salt, and pepper
6. Grana Padano to shred on top

Creamy baked potatoes recipe

1. Boil the potatoes in salty water. Reserve a bit of the starchy water, like 50-100ml
2. Strain and put them aside
3. Start heating the oven to 200
4. In a deep pan, heat some olive oil and on medium-low heat sweat the onions. We want them translucent and wiggly. Add some salt and pepper to help you through the process.
5. When almost done, add the garlic clove and mix around for 30 seconds
6. Add the potatoes once the onions are ready and mix them thoroughly.
7. Add the starchy water or the starch with water and bring to boil.
8. At this point add the milk and stir. Bringing it to boil, the whole thing should have thickened a bit.
9. Add the whole mixture in a casserole and top it off with some shredded grana
10. Bake it in 200 for 15-20 minutes. As everything is cooked, we are looking for some of the liquid to evaporate and the cheese to melt properly.

Creamy baked potatoes

Creamy baked potatoes is one of the most comforting recipes that you need to give your self a pick me up with just milk and a bit of cheese.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Italian

Servings 2 people

Calories 300 kcal

Equipment

• oven
• pan
• casserole dish

Ingredients

  

• 2-3 potatoes peeled, thoroughly washed and sliced
• 1 onion sliced thinly – I had red onion. You can usewhatever
• 1 clove garlic sliced thinly
• 100 ml milk
• olive oil, salt and pepper
• 30 gr grana padano shreded

Instructions

 

• Boil the potatoes in salty water. Reserve a bit of the starchy water, like 50-100ml
• Strain and put them aside
• Start heating the oven to 200 C
• In a deep pan, heat some olive oil and on medium-low heat sweat the onions. We want them translucent and wiggly. Add some salt and pepper to help you through the process.
• When almost done, add the garlic clove and mix around for 30 seconds
• Add the potatoes once the onions are ready and mix them thoroughly.
• Add the starchy water or the starch with water and bring to boil.
• At this point add the milk and stir. Bringing it to boil, the whole thing should have thickened a bit.
• Add the whole mixture in a casserole and top it off with some shredded grana
• Bake it in 200 for 15-20 minutes. As everything is cooked, we are looking for some of the liquid to evaporate and the cheese to melt properly.

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