Wednesday, December 29, 2010

"Fleming's" Scalloped Potatoes

My sister first told me about these potatoes after having them at the Fleming's Steakhouse. She raved about them and could not fight off the craving she kept having for them after that. So, she googled it and found the recipe online. For Christmas this year, I remembered her telling me about it and thought we would try it with the ham this year. It was so good. We all enjoyed it- even the leftovers! (Although the cream does separate when you reheat it- still tastes great!) So, here is the link to the recipe and I will copy and paste it here. My brother-in-law actually ran out to the store to get some of the last minute ingredients to make this and brought home red jalepeno, which I didn't know existed. So, next year, I thought it would be cool to use red and green jalepeno and make it Christmasy!

Sorry, no picture. It was too crazy on Christmas with trying to get the kids fed and all, the lighting was bad (it was already dark) and I made it in my ugly metal 9x13 pan. So, you'll just have to picture scalloped potatoes with a beautifully browned top with adorable little red and green sprinkles throughout.

Here is the link:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/-FLEMINGS-SCALLOPED-POTATOES-1254229

After I made it, my sister gave me the actual recipe from the Fleming's Steakhouse website. Here is the link to that:
http://www.flemingssteakhouse.com/e-newsletter/2010/march/potato-recipe


You can check them both out and make your choice- the real deal or the imposter that I made, but was very good:

Fleming's Scalloped Potatoes (copied and pasted here from Epicurious)

Servings: 6 - 8 servings

Ingredients

1-1/2 C. heavy cream
1 C. half-and-half
2 t. salt
2 t. black pepper, finely ground
1 small jalapeño (I used only a 1/2 of a small one and it was perfect for my mild crowd)
3 oz. leeks
3 C. cheddar cheese, grated
4 lbs. russet potatoes

Preparation

Heat cream and half-and-half in large sauce pot on medium high heat to simmer. Add salt and black pepper.

Finely dice the jalapeño. Cut off ends of leeks, clean them and dice only the bottom 3

inches of leek into 1/2-inch dice. Place jalapeños and leeks in a large mixing bowl. When cream is hot, remove from heat, add cheddar cheese and blend in thoroughly.

Peel potatoes and slice into 1/4-inch-thick circles on a mandoline slicer, by hand or with the slicing blade of a food processor. Combine potatoes and cream mixture in mixing bowl with leeks and jalapeño and mix well. Note: OR buy the presliced breakfast potatoes and use 2 bags

Spray sides and bottom of a 9 x 12-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place potato mixture in pan and evenly distribute the potatoes.

Cover with plastic wrap and then with aluminum foil. Bake in 350°F. oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Remove wrap and foil and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes to brown top.
6 to 8 servings.



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