Overseas delicacies have long attracted the attention of experienced chefs who wanted to learn how to cook them in their kitchens. These include French potatoes - a famous dish of the last century. It was first prepared at the royal court by an experienced overseas chef from France. A lot of time has passed since then, and cooks are creative people, so the original version of the dish has changed dramatically. But the unique taste of the royal delicacy remained unchanged.
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French potatoes are considered a self-sufficient hearty dish, which harmoniously combines the most delicious products: potatoes, meat, hard cheese and mushrooms. Interestingly, the main component of the royal dish, veal, can easily be replaced with pork.
In this case, the taste will not be affected. Due to the fact that hard cheese melts at a high temperature, the delicacy is much juicier and more aromatic. The remaining components can be selected using your personal imagination. Therefore, there are many options for how to prepare signature French potatoes. Let's look at the most accessible recipes with detailed instructions and photos.
To successfully create a royal dish, pork loin, neck or ham are suitable. The meat should be springy.
How to cook with chicken in the oven
Required Products:
- kilogram of potatoes;
- spices to taste;
- 0.15 kg cheese;
- one onion;
- a piece of chicken fillet;
- four tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- two tomatoes.
Cooking process:
- All of the listed ingredients must be cut into slices, potatoes and tomatoes, onion rings, and fillet as you like.
- Prepare the mold, place potatoes in the first layer, then chicken, onions, tomatoes on top, coat everything with mayonnaise and finally sprinkle with grated cheese. Please note that all layers must be seasoned with spices such as salt and pepper.
- Place in the oven for 35 minutes, turning the heat up to 180 degrees, and serve quickly.
French-style potatoes baked in the oven
Fragrant potatoes in French
Ingredients
:
potatoes – 6 pcs butter – 50 g garlic – 1-2 cloves thyme – 1 sprig water – 1 glass salt, freshly ground pepper – to taste
How to cook aromatic potatoes in French:
- Peel the potatoes and wash them thoroughly. Cut each potato in half crosswise.
- From the rounded side, cut off the oval side so that it becomes flat. This way the potatoes will be stable in the baking dish.
- Melt the butter in a deep frying pan, add a sprig of thyme and chopped garlic. Then, when the oil is hot, place the potatoes in the pan.
- Leave it to fry until golden brown. There is no need to fry the other side. Carefully remove the potatoes from the pan and place them in the baking dish, browned side up.
- Pour in boiling water. Cover the pan with foil and place in the oven for half an hour. The dish should be baked at 180°C.
- Place the finished potatoes on a dish and sprinkle with salt. Serve this version of baked potatoes as a side dish.
French potatoes with cream and cheese
Ingredients:
potatoes – 8 pcs. cream – 200 ml cheese – 150 g onion – 1 pc. garlic – 3 cloves, canned corn – 100 g, sweet red pepper – 1 pc. mustard – 2-3 tbsp. spoons vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons parsley - 0.5 bunch nutmeg - to taste paprika - to taste salt, ground pepper - to taste
How to cook potatoes with cream:
- Boil thoroughly washed potatoes in their skins. Cut sweet peppers and onions into cubes. Chop the garlic.
- Heat a frying pan, pour in vegetable oil. Add onion, garlic, peppers and corn to the pan.
- Fry for five to seven minutes. Then pour in the cream and boil the mixture. Add mustard, grated cheese and finely chopped herbs to the pan.
- Peel the boiled potatoes and cut them in half. Carefully remove the core. Crush the potato pulp and mix with the cheese mixture.
- Add salt, pepper, paprika and nutmeg. Place the potato halves in pre-prepared foil boats.
- Using a small spoon, fill the potatoes with the cheese filling. Bake the French stuffed potatoes at 200°C for ten minutes.
French potatoes with mushrooms
Ingredients:
potatoes – 500 g champignons – 300 g green apple – 1 pc. hard cheese – 200 g butter olive oil garlic – 2 cloves dill – 0.5 bunch green onions – 3-4 sprigs nutmeg – pinch salt – to taste
How to cook potatoes with mushrooms:
- Cut the peeled and washed potatoes into four parts, sprinkle with nutmeg and stir.
- Wash the mushrooms and cut into slices. Cut the apple into eight to ten pieces. Grind the garlic through a press.
- Grate the cheese through a coarse grater. Prepare a baking dish. To do this, rub it with garlic and butter.
- In a separate bowl, combine mushrooms, potatoes and apple, drizzle with olive oil and add salt. Mix well.
- Place potatoes with apples and mushrooms in a baking dish. Sprinkle cheese on top. Place the pan in the oven for thirty minutes and bake the dish at 180°C.
- Before serving, sprinkle the dish with herbs.
Quick French-style potatoes in a frying pan
Required Products:
- 150 grams of cheese;
- half a kilogram of potatoes;
- approximately 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- spices as desired;
- one onion;
- 0.3 kg of meat.
Cooking process:
- We cut the selected meat into slices, it is advisable to beat it a little more for softness, season it with spices, and turn the potatoes into thin circles.
- First put the meat in the frying pan, then the potatoes, which need to be salted, onion rings, and carefully coat the top with mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated cheese. You can add a little water to the ingredients to prevent the meat from burning.
- Cover the pan with a lid, turn the heat to low and cook for about 70 minutes, it may take a little longer.
Recipe 2: French potatoes with tomatoes
This festive dish can decorate the table and become the main “hot” dish. It will help you out if you suddenly have an emergency - friends called and warned that they would arrive in half an hour. Urgently cook the meat and potatoes, place them on the broiler and into the oven. And they themselves – to greet guests.
Ingredients:
- potatoes (5 large pieces),
- mayonnaise (200 grams),
- tomatoes (2 pcs),
- mustard,
- pork (500 grams),
- onions (200 grams),
- Dutch cheese (200 grams),
- water (1 glass),
- spices and seasonings.
You can add pickled cucumber to the ingredients - then the dish will acquire a slightly different taste.
We beat the meat and generously grease it with mustard. Grease the pan with oil (don't forget about the sides). Cut the onion into slices and place in a mold, then lay out the meat, salt, pepper and season. Next – chopped tomato, cucumber, potato slices and add salt again. Pour sauce on top - mayonnaise diluted with water (so that the dish is not too greasy). Bake for 45 minutes covered in the oven. Approximately 5-7 minutes before the end, sprinkle with cheese and remove the lid. Instead of pork, you can use beef, cut it into small pieces and beat it well, or even better, pre-marinate it in mayonnaise.
Cooking with minced meat in a slow cooker
The recipe for cooking in a slow cooker includes all the same products that are used when baking in the oven.
The dish turns out very juicy if cooked with minced pork.
Required Products:
- one onion;
- any seasonings to taste;
- 0.4 kg minced meat;
- two tomatoes;
- 600 grams of potatoes;
- 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- about 100 grams of cheese.
Cooking process:
- Let's start making potatoes with minced meat by preparing the latter. The minced meat must be sprinkled with spices; you can also immediately mix it with onions or use it separately.
- Place the potatoes, chopped into circles, on the bottom of the bowl, and then the minced meat and onion rings. Don't forget to lightly salt and pepper it and spread the entire layer with mayonnaise.
- Now it’s the turn of the tomatoes, which are also cut into rings and coated with mayonnaise. Finishes everything off with finely grated cheese.
- You need to cook this dish for 50 minutes in the “Baking” mode and do not take it out immediately, but let it sit for another 10 minutes.
Light snack treat
There is an opinion that for a healthy diet, it is necessary to set a time for snacking. What dishes are suitable for such a meal?
Many people like French potatoes with chicken, which are prepared from the available ingredients:
- chicken fillet;
- potato tubers;
- tomatoes;
- onion;
- hard cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- vegetable fat for lubrication;
- spices;
- salt.
To make the potatoes juicy and soft, it is advisable to cover the meat tightly with mayonnaise and cheese shavings.
Step-by-step guide to creating a dish:
- Potato tubers are peeled, washed, and then cut into small circles.
- When they dry a little, season with spices, salt and place on a pan greased with vegetable fat.
- Chicken fillet is chopped into cubes. Add pepper and salt. Stir and form a level on top of the potatoes.
- Finely chop the onion and then sprinkle over the chicken.
- Tomatoes (in circles) are placed on top of the onions and poured with mayonnaise.
- The last level is to sprinkle the product with cheese shavings and cover the container with a lid.
Preheat the oven to a maximum temperature of 180°C.
Place the pan in there and bake for about 45 minutes. - Served with fresh vegetables and herbs.
To form a golden brown crust, it is advisable to remove the lid from the pan and then bake for another 10 minutes.
Oven potatoes with pork
Oven potatoes with meat is another very satisfying cooking option. You can take absolutely any meat to your taste.
Required Products:
- 0.2 kg mayonnaise;
- 400 grams of pork;
- seasonings;
- kilogram of potatoes;
- two onions and the same number of cloves of garlic;
- approximately 0.15 kg of cheese.
Cooking process:
- First, let's prepare the meat; it needs to be cut into not too thick layers, seasoned with spices and rubbed well with crushed garlic.
- We cut the onions and potatoes into rings and proceed to laying them out.
- First, the meat is put into the mold, then the onions coated with mayonnaise, the potatoes, which must be salted, peppered and also covered with mayonnaise.
- Cover the contents with a layer of grated cheese, a mesh of mayonnaise and cook for 60 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.
Delicious delicacy with mayonnaise
Most chefs, when creating delicious masterpieces, use mayonnaise in their work. It is this ingredient that gives a special taste to popular dishes. Let's get acquainted with an interesting recipe for French-style meat in the oven with potatoes, which includes the famous dressing.
First, experienced cooks study the list of ingredients:
- pork meat (ham);
- hard cheese (“Russian”);
- large potatoes;
- blue onion;
- milk;
- mayonnaise (low-fat sour cream);
- hot peppers;
- rosemary;
- barberry (berries);
- ground black pepper;
- khmeli-suneli;
- salt.
It is advisable to select the quantity of products individually, depending on the size of the baking dish.
A detailed recipe for cooking French-style potatoes in the oven consists of the following operations:
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- The potatoes are peeled and cut into round slices. Blue onions - in rings. Pork - in thin slices across the grain. Hard cheese is grated on a grater with a large base.
- Place potato slices on a greased baking sheet so that there are no empty spaces.
- It is then salted and sprinkled with rosemary.
- Meat slices and barberries are carefully placed on top of the potatoes.
Season with salt and black pepper. Fans of spicy dishes place hot pepper slices without seeds next to the pork. - Blue onions are placed on top of the meat and salted.
- The next layer is potato slices.
They are laid evenly, filling the entire area of the mold. Add salt and rosemary. - Cover the top layer of potatoes with grated cheese and prepare the filling.
- Mayonnaise is mixed with fresh milk. Stir until a homogeneous mass is formed.
- This mixture is poured over the potatoes until the pan is completely filled.
Those who don’t like mayonnaise add sour cream, milk and suneli hops. Stir and pour the product. - Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Place a baking sheet in it and bake for about 60-90 minutes. The time depends on the nature of the meat product.
The finished dish is served with sauerkraut (in winter) and vegetable salad (in summer) and wine.
To make it easier to cut the meat into thin strips, it is advisable to put it in the freezer for 60 minutes.
Cooking with tomatoes
Required Products:
- two onions;
- spices;
- 150 grams of cheese;
- about a kilogram of potatoes;
- two tomatoes;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise.
Cooking process:
- Chop all the vegetables into rings and circles, season with spices to taste, for example, salt, pepper or a mixture of herbs.
- Place in the mold in any order, as you like, not forgetting to coat with mayonnaise, but not every layer, but only after the onion and tomato. But please note that the last one must be grated cheese. Place in the oven for 45 minutes at 180 degrees and serve.
Recipe 4: French potatoes with minced meat
An easy, quick recipe that doesn't require much effort. It is quite possible for young cooks to train on it. The potatoes, laid out on the bottom, are well browned, and an appetizing crust appears on top. Prepare a delicious dinner and please your loved ones.
Ingredients:
- minced meat (half a kilogram),
- onion (250 grams),
- potatoes (1.3 kg),
- mayonnaise,
- cheese (200 grams).
- Spices to taste.
Cut the potatoes into slices and place on a greased baking sheet. You can cover the gaps with small pieces so that there is no “uncovered” territory. Sprinkle with seasonings and salt. Peel the onion and chop it finely, place it on top of the potatoes. Salt the minced meat and mix with spices, then spread it on the onion. If the minced meat is too thick, you can add a little water. The last layers are mayonnaise and grated cheese. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the potatoes with minced meat for about 30 minutes.
French potatoes with mushrooms
Required Products:
- mayonnaise packaging;
- 600 grams of potatoes;
- a piece of cheese weighing about 200 grams;
- spices to your taste;
- 0.3 kg of mushrooms.
Cooking process:
- Cut the mushrooms into slices, place in a frying pan and fry until golden brown, so that all the moisture released has evaporated.
- Turn the onions and potatoes into thin rings and place in the pan. You should end up with the following sequence: potatoes, onions, mushrooms and potatoes again. All ingredients must be sprinkled with spices, and the last layer should be coated well with mayonnaise and covered with grated cheese.
- The approximate cooking time at 180 degrees is 45 minutes, but it all depends on the thickness of the potato slices.
Recipe for French potatoes in the oven with tomatoes
Such an amazing treat can easily become the highlight of a holiday table. In addition to the additional component - cheese, this recipe contains tomatoes. You can also add some pickles, but then the usual taste of French potatoes will change slightly.
For preparation you will need the following components:
- pork – 0.5 kg;
- potatoes – 6 pcs.;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- onions – 2 pcs.;
- cheese – 130 g;
- mayonnaise.
Delicate dish in creamy sauce
Required Products:
- spices and Provençal herbs;
- kilogram of potatoes;
- 0.2 liters of cream;
- two cloves of garlic;
- three spoons of mayonnaise.
Cooking process:
- Combine mayonnaise with cream, chopped garlic and seasonings; this will be the dressing.
- Peel the potatoes, wash them, turn them into round slices and put them in the mold.
- Pour the prepared sauce over the contents and cook for 40 minutes at 200 degrees.
Potato gratin with cheese, French style
Required Products:
- 50 grams of butter;
- approximately 700 grams of potatoes;
- three cloves of garlic;
- spices to your taste;
- half a glass of milk;
- 0.3 kg cheese;
- small package of cream.
Cooking process:
- We prepare a baking container, coat it with oil and lay out the potatoes, which were previously cut into thin slices, in an even layer, and add salt.
- Bring the specified amount of cream to a boil, add seasonings and crushed garlic, turn the heat to low and cook for about five minutes, then pour in the milk and keep on the stove for a couple more minutes.
- Cover the potatoes in the pan with the resulting mixture and wrap the dish in foil. Cook in a preheated oven for about 30 minutes, turning the temperature to 180 degrees.
- After the allotted time, remove the foil, generously sprinkle the ingredients with grated cheese and leave in the oven for another 10 minutes until a beautiful golden brown color forms.
Recipe 1: French potatoes with pork
This recipe is suitable for those who do not want to eat fried meat. We beat off the pieces so that they are well baked and remain tender, and “hide” them in the middle of the potatoes. The rest is the same as always - on the broiler and in the oven.
Ingredients:
- pork chops (300 grams),
- onions 1-2 pcs),
- jar of mayonnaise,
- hard cheese (200 grams),
- ground pepper,
- salt,
- oil for greasing the fryer.
Peel the potatoes and cut into thin pieces. Divide the whole mass in half, grease the bottom of the mold with oil and lay out some of the potatoes. On top there is a layer of chops, then onions and again potatoes. Salt, pepper, sprinkle with herbs and grate cheese on top. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise and put it in the oven for about 40 minutes. Baking temperature – 180 degrees.
