Potatoes With Bay Leaves Recipes

EXTRA-CREAMY SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush a shallow 2 1/2-quart baking dish with butter. Put the potatoes in a large pot. Whisk the cream, flour, bay leaf, nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon white pepper in a bowl, then pour over the potatoes. Cook over medium heat, carefully stirring occasionally, until the cream just comes to a simmer, about 12 minutes. Continue to simmer, adjusting the heat if necessary and stirring to prevent the bottom from scorching, until the potatoes just begin to soften, about 5 more minutes.
• Transfer the potato mixture to the prepared baking dish; discard the bay leaf. Set the baking dish in a roasting pan and add enough water to come about halfway up the sides of the baking dish. Bake until the potatoes are tender and golden brown, about 1 hour. Remove the baking dish from the water bath and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

ROASTED POTATOES WITH BAY LEAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Combine oil and bay leaves in small skillet. Cook over medium heat just until warm. Remove from heat. Let stand 15 minutes so that bay leaves flavor oil.
• Toss potatoes with bay leaf oil in large roasting pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast until potatoes are brown and tender, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Transfer potatoes to bowl and serve.

POTATOES ROASTED WITH OLIVE OIL AND BAY LEAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Using small sharp knife and working on 1 potato, make 5 crosswise vertical cuts, spaced evenly apart, from 1 side to other side (do not cut through). Place potato in 13x9x2-inch broilerproof baking dish. Repeat with remaining potatoes. Add some of oil to dish and toss potatoes to coat. Slide 1 bay leaf into each cut in each potato. Mix salt, herbs, and pepper in small bowl and sprinkle over potatoes. Roast potatoes until tender, about 55 minutes. Remove dish from oven. Preheat broiler. Drizzle remaining oil over potatoes. Broil until potatoes begin to brown, about 4 minutes.
• *A dried herb mixture available at specialty foods stores and in the spice section of some supermarkets. A combination of dried thyme, basil, savory, and fennel seeds can be substituted.

PRIME RIB AND OVEN-ROASTED POTATOES WITH BAY LEAVES AND SAGE

Steps:

• Stir together bay leaves, sage, oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and orange zest in a small bowl. Season with pepper. Rub herb mixture all over roast. Refrigerate roast, covered, at least 8 hours and up to 1 day.
• Submerge potatoes in a large pot of water. Bring to a boil; season with salt. Cook 5 minutes. Drain. Score lines lengthwise in potatoes with the tines of a fork.
• Preheat oven to 450°. Transfer roast, fat-side up, to a roasting pan; let come to room temperature, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Roast 15 minutes. Add potatoes; roast 15 minutes more. Reduce temperature to 350° and continue roasting, turning potatoes after 30 minutes, until a thermometer inserted into thickest part of meat (not touching bone) registers 115° for rare, about 1 hour. Let stand 20 minutes (temperature should rise to 125°), then slice. Garnish with bay leaves and sage; serve.

POTATOES COOKED IN BAY-INFUSED MILK

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan and throw in the potatoes and some seasoning. Colour gently all over for 10 mins or so.
• When the potatoes are nicely golden, add the bay leaves and milk, making sure potatoes are covered. Gently simmer for 20 mins until the potatoes are cooked through. Turn off the heat and leave to infuse in the milk until ready to serve. Drain and serve.

CREAMY AND DECADENT MASHED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Add the potatoes, bay leaves, garlic, rosemary, and thyme to a large pot. Pour in the cream and milk, bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook until the potatoes are fork-tender, about 20 minutes.
• Drain the potatoes, reserving the cooking liquid, and discard the herbs and garlic. Press the potatoes through a potato ricer into a large bowl.
• Add about 1½ cups of the reserved cooking liquid to the potatoes and stir until creamy. Add the butter, salt, and pepper, and stir to incorporate.
• Garnish with thyme leaves, if desired.
• Note: You can save any extra cooking liquid and use it to rehydrate leftover mashed potatoes the next day.
• Enjoy!

POTATOES WITH BAY LEAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Make a deep slit lengthwise in each potato, almost to the point of cutting it in half.
• Sprinkle salt and pepper inside the potatos and tuck in the bay leaves, 2 per potato.
• Put the potatoes in a baking dish and drizzle with olive oil, smearing some on the insides as well as making sure the outsides are well coated.
• Push the potato halves back together; sprinkle their outsides with salt and pepper.
• Bake for about 1 hour; the potatoes are done when you can easily poke a thin-bladed knife right through them; serve immediately.

ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTATOES-WITH BAY LEAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Remove papery skin from garlic, slice top to expose cloves. Wrap in foil;bake until cloves are soft-approximately 45 -60 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes and squeeze pulp from cloves.
• Peel potatoes and slice thinly.
• In a larger pot, combine potatoes, bay leaf 1/4 teaspoon salt-cover with cold water, bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer;cook until potatoes are tender-approximately 10 - 15 minutes. Drain, reserving cooking liquids - discard bay leaf.
• Mash potatoes with garlic, buttermilk and remaining salt, thin with cooking liquid as needed.