These Scalloped Potatoes with Blue Cheese are a great spin on your traditional scalloped potatoes. Impress your friends and family with this fancy side dish.
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What happens when the Managing Director of the French Dairy Board comes to your town and discusses all kinds of cheeses from overseas? You halfway listen and stuff your mouth with all the beautiful cheese. Ok, no...don't do that, you should actually listen and focus less on stuffing your face. But yea, I stuffed my face. So yea, there was that time that the Managing Director of the French Dairy Board came to visit and I ate cheese until my heart was filled with joy. I posted this picture on my Instagram from the event.
One of the cheeses I was able to try was the Saint Agur Blue Cheese. This Blue Cheese was simply amazing! Creamy with just the right amount of strength. I despise blue cheese that is way too strong. The flavor is present but it's not too intense, which is usually the problem with most blue cheeses. Hubby always says that blue cheese taste like soap (I have no clue what he means by that) but when he tried this one, he actually liked it.
So I brought the cheese home and had fun with it. First, I drizzled some honey over it (a trick the Managing Director of the French Diary Board taught me) and had it as a snack with a glass of wine. Then I stared at it and asked "what in the world do you want me to do with you?!" And Eureka!!! Scalloped potatoes with blue cheese popped into my mind!
The cool thing about these scalloped potatoes with blue cheeese is that they are super easy to make. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, easy and fancy recipes are a must. Who has times to slave over the side dishes when so much time will be spent on the turkey...and the pies. In less than an hour, you can have this in the oven baking up, ready for dinner. Also, everyone will think you are so fancy because blue cheese is so much fancier than cheddar.
Notes about Scalloped Potatoes with Blue Cheese
- A nice and pretty casserole dish, about 1.5 to 2 quarts, works best for this type of dish. You should have about 4 layers if you use a similar sized dish.
- Make sure you end with the Parmesan cheese on top when layering the ingredients. This will give that beautiful golden melted cheese crust on top of the dish.
- Use a mandolin slicer on the 3.5mm setting for slicing your potatoes. I urge you to take extreme precautions when using this slicer. Please pay attention when using this. I learned my lesson the hard way. *ouch*
- Any brand of blue cheese will do but the Saint Agur Blue Cheese highly recommended.
As always, Enjoy 🙂
Recipe adapted from Blue Cheese Potatoes Gratin
Scalloped Potatoes with Blue Cheese
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Russet Potatoes
- 1.5 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 Tablespoon flour
- salt&pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Thinly slice russet potatoes and set aside.
- Melt butter over medium low heat in a saucepan. Mince garlic and add it to butter. Cook for about 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add flour and stir until flour is dissolved. Add heavy cream and cook over medium low heat until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Remove from heat and add blue cheese. Stir to combine.
- Spread some of the potatoes evenly on the bottom of a 2 qt casserole dish. Add enough blue cheese sauce to cover the potatoes, then add some shredded parmesan cheese on top of this layer. Continue with these layers (potatoes, blue cheese sauce, shredded parmesan cheese) until you have about 4 layers, finishing with the parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake in preheated oven uncovered for 50 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Enjoy 🙂
Shannon says
I've tried a lot of blue cheese scalloped potato recipes and this is by far the best!!
Tanya says
Thanks, Shannon! So happy you like the recipe.
Hollis says
Unfortunately, I’m almost out of heavy cream, but I do have full-fat milk. Will that work?
Tanya says
Hi Hollis, this isn't a sub I've tried in this recipe but full fat milk likely won't thicken up the same, and it may curdle.
April says
I looooove scalloped potatoes but I never make them! Isn't that crazy? I'm gonna have to try your recipe! Looks really good!
Tanya says
Thank you April. I get it, I usually mash mine too...one less step, lol.
Sarah James @ Tales From The Kitchen Shed says
I love St Agur cheese and I bet it's absolutely delicious with those potatoes. Perfect recipe for this time of year, thanks for sharing.
Tanya says
Yes, St. Agur cheese is amazing.
Marie-Pierre Breton says
You got me at blue cheese!!! Love the extra tasty gratin you did. Perfect to warm us up on a cold winter day! Thanks for sharing!
Tanya says
Yes, blue cheese is quicky becoming one of my favorites...I just hope I don't start to put in everything.
Michelle Ferrand says
That cheese tasting sounds amazing...I'd definitely be stuffing my face too 😉
Tanya says
lol, Thank you 🙂
Kimberly @ Berly's Kitchen says
I love seeing all the different variations on scalloped potatoes. I think yours is the first I've seen with blue cheese. Sounds like it would be good.
Corina says
They look delicious andnice and crisp on the top too! I don't like blue cheese if it's too strong but it sounds like this is the one to serve to people who think they don't like it and then convert them!
Warm Cocotte says
Yummy! Love oven baked potatoes and blue cheese definitely will give a twist!
Have a wonderful day!
Gloria & Emanuele (Warm Cocotte)
Tanya says
Thank you 🙂
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
It has been a long time since I made scalloped potatoes. I am not a fan of blue cheese, but would gladly swap it out for another variety. These sound delicious.
Tanya says
Thank you! I know a few people who aren't fans of blue cheese, you are not alone, lol. Traditional scalloped potatoes are always delicious as well.
Michelle @ Brown Butter and Biscuits says
Yum!! These look so good! I love new potato recipes, and I adore blue cheese!!