Ham & Potatoes au Gratin

Whether you are looking for a recipe to use up holiday ham or just a simple casserole for a weeknight dinner, you have come to the right blog post. This casserole is super easy to put together but packed with flavor. Ham & Potatoes au Gratin combines a simple cheese sauce with golden potatoes, and ham chunks for a great casserole.

You will want to use an adjustable hand mandoline to get your potatoes sliced to about a quarter inch thick. It’s important to get them all cut the same thickness so that they will cook at the same rate. If some are extra thin and some are extra thick, you will not get good texture throughout. Basically some will be mushy and some will still be a little raw.

If you are using leftover holiday ham, you will just want to cut it up into chunks. I wouldn’t suggest that you use deli ham unless you can ask for it to be cut a little thicker than most give for a sandwich. You want it to be about a quarter inch thick and then roughly chop it into smaller pieces. You can buy a chunk of ham and cut it up with a meat slicer.

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Ham & Potatoes au Gratin

A creamy and velvety homemade cheese sauce over thin sliced potatoes and chunks of ham.

Course Casserole, Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword casseroles, cheese sauce, cheesy potatoes, golden potatoes, Ham, potato

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 8 Medium Golden Potatoes peeled and thin sliced
• 4 tbsp Butter
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 4 tbsp Flour
• 2 cup Chicken Broth
• 1 cup Heavy Cream
• 3 cup Cheddar Cheese shredded, divided
• 1½ cup Mozzarella Cheese shredded, divided
• 2 tbsp Dried Minced Onion
• 1 tsp Parsley Flakes
• ¾ lb Ham thick sliced and rough chopped

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Instructions

• Prepare all of the ingredients. Preheat oven to 350degF.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, add butter and garlic powder. Once melted, whisk in flour. Cook for 3 minutes then whisk in chicken broth. Cook for 2 minutes then whisk in heavy cream. Cook for 2 minutes then whisk in 2 cup of cheddar, and 1 cup of mozzarella. Once fully melted in, whisk in dried onion. Then stir in ⅔ of the chopped ham.
• In a 13×9 baking dish (or 2 8×8 baking dishes), pour ⅓ of the cheese sauce into bottom. Add half of the sliced potatoes in a even layer. Pour ⅓ of the cheese sauce over the potatoes. Add second half of potatoes in a even layer. Pour remaining cheese sauce.
• Sprinkle with remaining cheeses and ham. Sprinkle with parsley flakes. Place in oven and bake for 60 minutes. Let rest at least 5 minutes before serving.