Blue Cheese and Rosemary Scalloped Potatoes

Blue Cheese and Rosemary Scalloped Potatoes are impressive enough for guests or holidays and simple enough to go alongside a weeknight BBQ. If you like blue cheese, you'll LOVE these potatoes. Crumbled cheese with those distinctive threads of blue, along with fresh rosemary combine for a unique flavor in a delicious made from scratch white sauce. It's a terrific change of pace from traditional scalloped or au gratin potatoes made with cheddar cheese. 

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Blue Cheese Replaces Cheddar

This recipe takes a traditional scalloped or au gratin potato recipe - sliced potatoes, cream of chicken soup and shredded cheddar cheese - and ramps it way, way up by replacing cheddar and creamed soup with a combo of blue cheese, parmesan white sauce and fresh rosemary. To help enhance the flavor in the sauce, I recommend using Better Than Bouillon Seasoned Vegetable Base

Bonus: Extra Blue Cheese White Sauce

I came up with this new twist on a family favorite recipe by first creating the rich white sauce - but as an added bonus, you will likely have more than you need to coat the potatoes. That's intentional. Why? Because this sauce is equally delicious over pasta and I like to save a cup or so for a rich pasta topping later in the week. Make a fancy white sauce once, eat twice!

Layer Ingredients

This recipe comes together quickly once you've got the potatoes sliced and the white sauce made. I like to bake this in a 2-quart baking dish. Any shape baking dish will work fine, but a 2-quart size offers just enough space to create two layers of potatoes, sauce and rosemary.

Meal Idea

Want to make a meal out of it? I highly recommend serving Balsamic Brussels Sprouts and Classic Potato Rolls with this side dish. Just add your favorite meat or other protein and you are set for a delicious and impressive meal. I can't wait to hear what you think of this recipe! Be sure to rate it below.

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Blue Cheese and Rosemary Scalloped Potatoes

This is a side dish impressive enough for guests or holidays and simple enough to go alongside a weeknight roast or grilled chicken.

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 50 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 people, as a side dish

Calories: 444kcal

Author: Melinda O'Malley Keckler

Ingredients 

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Blue Cheese Cream Sauce

• ▢ ½ cup butter
• ▢ ½ cup flour
• ▢ 4 cups milk I recommend 2% or whole milk for extra creaminess
• ▢ 1 ½ cups blue cheese crumbled
• ▢ 1 cup parmesan cheese grated
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vegetable bouillon I use Better Than Bouillon Seasoned Vegetable Base
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper or to taste

 Potatoes and Rosemary

• ▢ 2 large russet potatoes about 4 cups, sliced ¼" thin or less
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon pepper
• ▢ 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary minced

Topping

• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter melted
• ▢ ½ cup panko bread crumbs
• ▢ ¼ cup additional parmesan cheese grated
• ▢ 2 tablespoons additional blue cheese crumbles

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Spray a 2-quart glass baking dish with Pam or grease with shortening.

Blue Cheese White Sauce

• In a saucepan on the stove, melt butter over medium heat, then add flour and whisk for about a minute or until hot and bubbly. Slowly add the milk and stir until thickened and creamy. Turn off heat and whisk in blue cheese, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste, and the vegetable bouillon. Set aside.

Layer Potatoes with White Sauce and Rosemary

• Peel potatoes and cut into even slices. Place half the potatoes in the baking pan, top with about 1 cup of the white sauce from the saucepan. Top with ½ the chopped fresh rosemary and a few dashes of salt and pepper. Layer remaining potatoes on top and pour 1 ½ cups of the white sauce on top of the new layer, be sure all the potatoes are covered with the sauce, followed by the remaining diced rosemary, salt and pepper. Note, you will have about 1 ½ cups of extra cheese sauce - and that's OK. Save it for a pasta topping later, perhaps with grilled chicken.

Bake

• Cover with foil and bake for 60 minutes. While the potatoes are baking, combine the topping ingredients and set aside. After an hour of baking, remove foil and spread topping over the hot potatoes. Continue baking uncovered another 20 - 30 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown. Using a fork, test the potatoes for doneness, if they are still a little crunchy, return to the oven covered for another 10 minutes or so.
• Remove from the oven and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of blue cheese crumbles and ¼ cup of grated parmesan cheese on top. Place a sprig of rosemary on top for garnish.

Notes

Peel and slice the potatoes right before you layer them in the baking dish. Otherwise, place the sliced potatoes in ice water until the cheese sauce is ready. Drain the potatoes and layer as the recipe describes. This will keep the potatoes from turning brown. Try Twice-Baked Mashed Potatoes for another classic potato side dish. 

Nutrition

Calories: 444kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 18gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 82mgSodium: 1295mgPotassium: 482mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 985IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 482mgIron: 1mg

Please note, the nutrition details are estimated using a food database and are offered here only as a guideline for informational purposes.

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