Best Scalloped Potatoes & Ham

Name: Best Scalloped Potatoes & Ham
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup ham, cubes; 4 potatoes, peeled and sliced; 1/2 onion, sliced thin; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 2 cups milk; 2 tablespoons margarine; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Submitted by Leta8076

"Scalloped Potatoes and Ham like mom used to make."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 cup ham, cubes
4 potatoes, peeled and sliced
¹⁄₂ onion, sliced thin
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons margarine
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper

directions

Layer the potatoes, ham and onions in a baking dish.
Prepare a white sauce: In a medium saucepan stir milk into cornstarch while stirring with a whisk.
Whisk until smooth.
Add margarine, salt and pepper.
Stirring constantly, bring to boil over medium heat; boil 1 minute.
Pour white sauce over potatoes.
Bake at 350F for 40 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Questions & Replies

Can you freeze scalloped potatoes ?

Tonyafifield113

Reviews

I loved the reamy sauce, but... my potatoes were still a bit hard even after cooking fifteen minutes past the given time. I was sure to slice them very thin. Maybe it's just me because everyone else seemed to have no problems. I'll try it again. I topped this dish with crumbled bacon and added cheese to each layer.

Penny R
Very good, basic recipe. It's almost as easy as using the boxed kind, except for peeling and slicing the potatoes. The next time I make this, I would be tempted to add some garlic, and possibly some shredded cheese, or maybe some paprika for color. The sauce itself was very creamy, and the potatoes were tender. Thanks Leta for posting this old fashioned recipe!

yooper
This is a very tasty recipe and we enjoyed the flavor. The six servings though must be side dish servings as this would never make it as six main dish servings in my house. Nice simple recipe though. We were able to serve 3 with this size recipe.

Mysterygirl
Super recipe, better than Mom used to make. The only change I made, I put peas in it to make it a complete meal. Everyone loved it.

Rug Lady
This was delicious comfort food. It was cold and rainy today so I fixed a ham this morning and used it for tonights dinner. I also added a pinch of garlic but otherwise stayed true to the recipe.

looneytunesfan

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Tweaks

Very good, I used flour in place of cornstarch and 1.5 t onion powder rather than onions becuse DD hates the texture of onions. I used locally cured ham which is also salty, so we salted to taste at the end and added a few thin butter slices on top to make the brown bits yummier. A perfect comfort and food and lo cost meal.

Dawnab