Pennsylvania Dutch Potato Filling Recipes

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Generously butter a 1-1/2 to 2-quart baking dish. Set aside.
• Cook potatoes in water until soft enough to mash. Drain, mash and beat in milk, salt and pepper. Transfer to large bowl.
• Melt the 8 tablespoons of butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery; cook until soft, about 10 to 15 minutes or so. Add to potatoes, using slotted spoon.
• Sauté bread cubes in same skillet until brown and crispy, adding more butter if needed. Transfer bread to potatoes. OR just cube the bread, let it sit out overnight or lightly toast in the oven and skip the butter-browning step.
• Add the eggs, parsley, salt and pepper to potato mixture. Adjust with more milk, if needed, to get the consistency you like. Mix thoroughly; transfer to baking dish.
• Dot the casserole with the 4 Tablespoons of butter bits.
• Bake in oven until hot, about 35 - 40 minutes. Cover with foil if top browns too much. I like my filling to get a browned crust along the edges and bottom of the pan, so I bake it a little longer, just making sure it does not dry out.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO FILLING RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut bread slices into small cubes and let sit out to dry overnight. Or toast them in the oven until lightly browned.
• Peel, cut, and boil potatoes in water until soft. Drain the water and mash with a mixer until smooth.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter and continue cooking until lightly browned. (It will be caramel in color and have a wonderful nutty aroma.)
• Finely chop the onion and celery (I use my Ninja chopper). Add them to the browned butter and cook for 10 - 15 minutes.
• Add the beaten eggs, milk, and seasonings to the slightly cooled butter mixture.
• Add the egg/butter mixture to the mashed potatoes. Mix well. Then stir in the bread cubes.
• Grease a casserole dish with butter and fill it with the potato filling. You can bake this immediately or cool and refrigerate for the next day.
• Bake, covered, at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover, and continue baking for another 10 minutes.
• Drizzle with additional brown butter, or serve with gravy.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO FILLING

Steps:

• Place the potato cubes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two.
• Melt 1/2 cup of butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the onions and celery until they are reduced and browned, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 glass baking dishes, each 9x13 inches.
• Place another 1/2 cup of butter into the work bowl of a stand mixer, and add the cooked potatoes. Start the mixer on Low setting. While mixer is running, pour in 1 cup of milk, and add 1 tablespoon of seasoned salt and 4 slices of torn bread. Mix those ingredients briefly into the mixture, and pour in 1/2 cup of milk and 4 more bread slices. Mix that addition, and then mix in 2 more bread slices.
• After the last 2 bread slices have been roughly incorporated, place another 1/2 cup of butter, 1 tablespoon of seasoned salt, all the onions, celery, and butter from the skillet, and 4 more slices of bread into the mixer bowl. Mix to incorporate, and finally mix in 2 to 4 additional torn bread slices. Allow the mixer to run until the dressing is the desired consistency.
• Place half the dressing into each prepared baking dish, and top the dressing with the remaining 1/2 cup of butter, cut into thin slices and scattered over the top. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon of seasoned salt evenly over the top of the dishes. Cover the dishes with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the dressing is browned, about 1 hour.

PA DUTCH POTATO FILLING

Steps:

• 1. Peel and cut the potatoes into quarter pieces and place in a medium size kettle. Cover the potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes or until soft.
• 2. In a separate pan place the chopped celery and onion with ½ cup butter and saute until the mixture starts to become soft (5 minutes on medium-high heat).
• 3. Chop the bread into small cubes and place into celery and onion mixture with two tablespoons of butter. Saute until the bread gets covered with the butter mixture (about 3 minutes).
• 4. Drain the water out of the potatoes. Mash the potatoes and add 4 tablespoons of butter. Mix milk and egg together and add to the potato mixture. Add celery mixture, parsley and flour. Add pepper and salt to taste, and mix well.
• 5. Put the potatoes into a well-greased casserole dish. Place the remaining butter on top of the potatoes. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes, or until the top of the casserole is brown.
• 6. At times gram would put crumbled smoked bacon in to change it up a bit.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO AND BREAD FILLING

Steps:

• Boil potatoes in salted water. Saute onion and celery in oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Boil the giblets and neck in salted water to make stock.
• Moisten bread with milk. Smash the potatoes in a large bowl. (I use a small roasting pan, and then I roast the filling right in it.) Add all other ingredients including all spices and oil from saute. When adding the eggs, add a little of the hot mixture to the eggs first and beat well, so as to not scramble them when they go into the whole mix.
• Mix thoroughly. If it needs more moisture, add the stock, a little at a time. Taste to make sure enough spices are added. Add more salt and pepper and poultry seasoning, if needed.
• Bake at 350 degrees in a greased casserole dish or roasting pan until very hot and browned, usually one hour. Dot the top with pats of butter before putting into oven. I know some people chop the giblets and add to the filling, but I don't.

MY GRANDMA'S PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO FILLING

Steps:

• The night before, cut bread into cubes, place on a cookie sheet, cover with a paper towel and dry overnight.
• Finely chop celery and onion.
• Place olive oil in a pan and warm on medium heat. Add the onion, celery, 2 tablespoons parsley, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 tablespoon pepper to the frying pan and fry until tender. This will take 5-10 minutes.
• Add the dried bread cubes to the pan and mix in with the cooked vegetables. Set this mixture aside.
• Peel potatoes, cut them in quarters, and then boil until fork tender. Drain.
• Add the melted butter to the potatoes and mash them. Add enough milk until the potatoes are slightly creamy. Add the garlic, salt and pepper and stir in.
• Add the vegetable and bread cube mixture to the mashed potatoes and stir well by hand until combined.
• Place the mixture in a 9 X 13 nonstick baking or ceramic baking pan and smooth out the top using a fork. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until browned on top.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POTATO FILLING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Boil potatoes in salted water for 1 hour or until they can easily be pierced with a fork. Meanwhile, melt 1 tablespoon of butter, add onions, and saute until just soft, add bread crumbs and stir over heat until lightly toasted. Melt remaining butter separately, and set aside.
• 2. Transfer potatoes to a large mixing bowl and add torn bread, onions and remaining ingredients. Whip together with a hand mixer on medium speed until mixture is almost smooth. Mixture should be a fluffy, mashed potato consistency, just a little bit more dense and rich. Transfer potato mixture to a glass 8x8" square baking dish. Drizzle remaining 2 Tablespoons butter over filling.
• 3. Bake, uncovered, 30-35 minutes or until filling has formed a light crust. Serve.

NANA'S PA DUTCH POTATO AND BREAD FILLING

Steps:

• Boil potatoes until tender; drain. Place in large bowl and mash with 4 tbsp butter, milk and chicken stock.
• While potatoes are cooking, in a large skillet over med-high heat, melt 3/4 cup butter; add chopped celery, onion, and parsley; sautee until tender -- about 7-10 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and add the toasted bread cubes. Cook, stirring frequently, for another 4-5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and fold into the mashed potato mixture. Fold in the beaten eggs and stir everything together well.
• Pour into a greased/sprayed 13" x 9" (or larger) pan. Cover and bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until lightly browning on top.
• Serve.