French baked potatoes with minced meat and cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 5 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make French potatoes with minced meat? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Any minced meat is suitable: pork, beef, a mixture of pork and beef, chicken, turkey. You can use it either store-bought or homemade. Choose good quality cheese, both hard and other varieties will do. The main thing is that it is without milk fat substitutes, tasty and melts well.

2. STEP 2

   

   Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

3. STEP 3

   

   Peel the potatoes and cut into thin slices. The thinner the slice, the tastier the dish will be.

4. STEP 4

   

   Grease a baking dish (I have 18*24 cm) with vegetable oil. Place all the potato circles in the dish, overlapping each other. Lightly salt and pepper the potatoes.

5. STEP 5

   

   Spread all the minced meat evenly over the potatoes. There is no need to salt and pepper the minced meat, because there will already be salty cheese on top and a filling that will already contain salt and pepper.

6. STEP 6

   

   Sprinkle grated cheese on top.

7. STEP 7

   

   Prepare all the necessary ingredients for filling. How to make the filling? You can use any spices to your taste: it can be a ready-made set of spices for potatoes or minced meat, or separately selected spices such as paprika, dry garlic, as well as various dry herbs. I just use curry, salt and pepper.

8. STEP 8

   

   In a glass, combine milk, sour cream, curry, salt and pepper. Mix everything thoroughly. You can use sour cream of any fat content. I had 15%.

9. STEP 9

   

   Pour the resulting mixture over the potatoes and minced meat. Bake the French-style potatoes in an oven preheated to 180°C for 40-45 minutes. If the top is browned and the dish is not ready yet, cover the pan with foil.!!! Try not to let the foil come into contact with the top layer, that is, the cheese. Otherwise, all the cheese will stick to the foil and your dish will be left without a cheese layer. Determine readiness with a sharp knife - it should pierce the potato layer freely.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cool the finished casserole slightly, then cut into portions and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

lika7

31.07.2023

4.6

The dish is simply classy! French potatoes can be cooked with minced meat, pork or chicken.

Alyona

31.07.2023

4.6

Super French potato casserole in the oven with minced meat! Nourishing, tasty, two in one, with a delicate spicy filling. And the crust of cheese on top is just fire! An incredibly delicious dish. While you are preparing all the layers, there is already pleasure and impatience, anticipation of the taste of this masterpiece. Thank you very much to the author for the recipe!

Anastasiia

31.07.2023

4.9

Minced potatoes and cheese in the oven is a tasty and satisfying dish that will feed the whole family! I made the potatoes in two layers, which affected the cooking time (if I make this dish again, I will make only one layer of potatoes) The same for the next one Since I want to fry the minced meat a little with onions in advance. Because the taste of the minced meat turned out to be a little bland. The cheese crust turned out great, but I wouldn’t add it right away, but about halfway through the dish’s preparation. Happy cooking everyone!🤗

Nika

31.07.2023

4.8

To be honest, I cooked in a hurry, so I did everything quickly and wasn’t careful. This is what I liked about the recipe, because after work you can prepare such a delicious casserole very quickly without any hassles. Potatoes and cheese in French in the oven with minced meat turned out very tender and juicy, the cheese crust was, in general, class. When you have very little time to cook, I advise everyone to try this recipe. We loved it)