If you love cheese and potatoes, these gluten free bacon ricotta cheesy gluten free scalloped potatoes are going to become a family favorite.
Since cheese and potatoes are such as staple in our house, you will also want to try these delicious mashed potatoes with cream cheese too!
If bacon, cheese, and potatoes sound like comfort food to you, this super easy casserole will leave your family screaming for more.
Homemade Alfredo Sauce
The sauce is similar to an alfredo sauce, with lots of bacon :-). It is a crazy easy side dish recipe that is perfect for entertaining. You can make a delicious gluten free alfredo sauce with this recipe and top your favorite veggies!
(And…if Alfredo Sauce is your favorite, try this Zucchini Ribbon Lasagna Alfredo, or this Alaskan Cod Fettucine Alfredo!)
My daughter had planned to write-up her favorite pasta dish for my blog a few months ago. It all started with an idea she had a couple of months ago. We carefully made, and tested, and re-tested the recipe several times to make sure it was the creamiest, most delicious it could be.
Then, life happens and she wasn’t able to complete this due to an injury. Once school started, she had too much school work to do to catch up. We have been sitting on this recipe because she really wants to be the one to write the post.
“I felt guilty holding this recipe from you, because I really believe it is going to rock your world.
Why wait? I was going to make this recipe for dinner and discovered I didn’t have a bag of gluten free pasta. (I don’t think we will ever get sick of this sauce…it is that good!)
I did have a lot of potatoes, and hence this recipe was adapted into a cheesy bacon lovers’ side dish.
More Delicious Potato Recipes to Try:
- Mashed Potato Pie with Bacon Roses
- Kid-Friendly Sloppy Joe Pie
- Pan Fried Sweet Potatoes
- Duchess Potatoes
How to slice potatoes thinly:
I use a mandoline slicer to keep my potato slices all the same thickness. You can also use a sharp knife, but be really careful!!
How to make scalloped potatoes:
Bacon Ricotta Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
A deliciously cheesy bacon and potato side dish.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cups ricotta
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 pound bacon
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 5 potatoes, sliced thinly
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a skillet, add bacon and cook. Remove the bacon and drain grease. (Leave brown scrapings on the bottom of the pan. When the bacon is cool, chop into pieces.
- Add butter and garlic to the pan and saute.
- Add ricotta, cream, and salt. Cook on medium heat, scraping the bottom of the pan to mix in the pan scrapings.
- Add bacon and parmesan cheese. Reduce heat to simmer.
- Spray olive oil on a 8x8 baking dish. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Wash potatoes and then thinly slice them so that you have a lot of potato circles.
- Put down a layer of potatoes along the entire bottom of the pan.
- Pour some of the cheesy mixture on top. Add another layer of potatoes and repeat adding cheese mixture on top.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 380 Total Fat: 25g Saturated Fat: 12g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 12g Cholesterol: 76mg Sodium: 909mg Carbohydrates: 18g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 2g Protein: 19g
More Yummy Recipes to Try!
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- Kale and Apple Salad
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- Apricot Bourbon BBQ Grilled Chicken
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- 5 Ingredient Crockpot Pot Roast
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- Lamb and Leek Burgers
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- Coconut and Pecan Crusted Chicken Tenders
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- Brussels Sprouts and Apple Salad
Debra C.
Alfredo sauce with bacon? Yes please! Cheesy delicious potatoes, this will be perfect for the holidays!
Sandi Gaertner
LOL, it is a family favorite 🙂
Healing Tomato
You can never go wrong with scalloped potatoes. These look so delicious and comforting.
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much 🙂
Amy
Hello Sandi,
This looks wonderful and I’m going to make it to feed 18 people at a family reunion this weekend. I will need to use turkey bacon though, so I hope that will work. Anyway, I see little green leaves on your photographs of the casserole. They don’t look like green onions. Can you tell me what they are? Thank you!
Sandi Gaertner
Hi Amy, I sprinkles fresh thyme leaves on top for decoration :-). Have a great time this weekend.
Amy
Thank you, Sandi! I thought they looked like thyme. I’ll get back to you with the family’s take on this dish of yours. Amy
Lydia
Hello Sandi,
I’m from Holland. What is heavy cream? Is it like sour cream of crème fraiche?
Thank you!
Lydia
Sandi Gaertner
Hi Lydia, nice to meet you. Heavy cream is whipping cream that you would make whipped cream with. If you don’t have it, it is fine to use whole milk.
Thank you 🙂
Lydia
Ah thank you! It’s clear!
Vicky @ How Daily
The recipe turned out very nice. Love it.
Thanks Sandi.
Sandi Gaertner
I am so glad you liked it Vicky. My daughter is pestering me to make this again 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to write in and let me know.
Michelle
This dish would make my family so happy!! They all love scalloped potatoes!
Cathy
Have you tried it without bacon? I don’t want the bacon in the dish. Thanks.
Sandi Gaertner
Hi Cathy, you can easily leave the bacon out of this recipe. If you aren’t vegetarian, consider smoked turkey instead of the bacon 🙂 Thank you so much for writing in your question. Have a great day.
Heather Kinnaird
you really cannot beat a cheesy sauce with bacon. I bet this would be delicious with the pasta too
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Heather. Hoping my daughter can get to finish the post. She had a concussion for 6 weeks, and she is still trying to get caught up in school.