The holidays might be an emotional time for a lot of households, and one yr round Thanksgiving, my now husband and I had an all-out, drag-out battle that threatened the state of our relationship. It wasn’t about funds, infidelity, and even that point he didn’t order me a chunk of coconut cake made by a James Beard Award-winning pastry chef at dinner (I don’t maintain grudges, although). No, this was a battle over the common-or-garden potato. A battle of the spuds. A contest of casseroles. I’ll minimize to the half you already know: He beat me.
A Holiday-Worthy Dish
A number of years out of school and feeling significantly grown-up, it appears that evidently all of my associates determined to throw actual Friendsgiving gatherings final yr. We weren’t going to select up macaroni and cheese from the Piggly Wiggly (although it’s scrumptious) or cranberry sauce from a can. This yr, we have been going to make every little thing from scratch and wash all of it down with $12 bottles of wine, like adults. I had two Friendsgivings to attend and knew instantly what recipe I needed to convey. My mother and I make a candy potato casserole each Thanksgiving that’s not your ordinary marshmallow-topped selection of the dish. This one has chopped candy potatoes and Granny Smith apples, Craisins, and a cinnamon-and brown sugar-tossed oatmeal crumble on high that’s to die for. Everyone we’ve made it for praises its sweetness, crunch, and uniqueness. Not that Friendsgiving is a contest or something, however I used to be going to win with this recipe. As a Southern Living worker, I felt it was my duty to point out up with an exquisite, scrumptious dish that, if anybody occurred to be taking rating, can be the winner.
I’ll Bring The Scalloped Potatoes
After I volunteered my candy potato casserole, my then boyfriend chimed in and mentioned that he, too, can be making a potato casserole. We didn’t need any repeat dishes within the sideboard lineup, however he clarified that his potato casserole can be scalloped potatoes made with Yukon gold potatoes, so it was vastly totally different than mine. I believed, “Scalloped potatoes! Everyone has had those before. My dish will be new and different.”
The Secret Ingredient
I couldn’t have been extra incorrect. The scalloped potatoes recipe that his household had been utilizing for many years wasn’t any outdated factor. His dish had a secret ingredient that might be my beautiful casserole’s worst nightmare: Boursin cheese.
You normally consider Boursin because the scrumptious, albeit last-minute, appetizer you throw out with a couple of crackers for drop-by company, however melted down with heavy whipping cream and added to a potato casserole? Totally divine. If you will have a scalloped potato casserole recipe you already love, merely add in a “cake” of Boursin cheese to the whipping cream. It’s the last word secret ingredient for creamy spuds.
This Year’s Potatoes
So at two separate Friendsgiving events, I watched my associates “ooh” and “aah” over how melty, creamy, extremely indulgent my boyfriend’s potato casserole was and pat me on the again and inform me how mine showcased the season’s flavors extremely effectively. I took house a container of leftovers whereas he left with a clear casserole dish. I do know you assume I sound like a sore loser, however it’s all in good enjoyable. I acquired the largest plate of Boursin-laden scalloped potatoes of anybody, and I accepted my defeat gracefully and tactfully. I’ll completely be the one assigning dishes for Friendsgiving this yr.
Southern Living’s Scalloped Potato recipe may not have Boursin in it, however it does have parmesan cheese, which no Friendsgiving visitor would ever complain about. Get the recipe her
