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    Home » Muenster & Chive Potato Stacks Recipe!

    December 10, 2015 By Camille 12 Comments

    Muenster & Chive Potato Stacks Recipe!

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    muenster and chive potato stacks

    “I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Influence Central for Hood Cream. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation.”

    Don't you love how there are practically a million ways to make potatoes? Its probably the most versatile vegetable I've ever seen. Potatoes make their way into nearly every traditional holiday meal, but not always in the same way. I could have made a respectable bowl of mashed potatoes for our Thanksgiving dinner this year, but I saw the carton of Hood Half & Half in my fridge and thought I'd get a little fancy. There are all sorts of dishes you can make using Hood Cream, from soups to ice cream, sweet and savory, and its not like Hood Cream is hard to find or expensive. This is the stuff used in our favorite restaurant kitchens, and its available in our grocery stores.

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    Actually, it was the Chef Creations Inspired by Hood Cream E-Cookbook that has gotten me all experimental in the kitchen. Its chock full of mouthwatering recipes that are made with the home cook in mind so that restaurant chefs and the stay-at-home-mom can both create delicious works of art, and all incorporating Hood Cream. These are exclusive recipes that result in chef-quality meals that taste as impressive as they look. You can find things like Pumpkin Bisque, Braised Pork Nachos, and Banana Cream Pie.

    When I attended an Immersion Dinner at Deuxave in Boston last summer, I got to taste Chef Chris Coomb's Potato and Carmelized Onion Gratin, which is also included in the eCookbook. Chef Coombs is the renowned Boston chef/owner of Deuxave, dbar, and Boston Chops. I was enthralled with all the layers like you'd usually see in a gratin, but how these were thick and they held their shape so well when cut into cubes. I wanted to see if I could try something similar, but that didn't need to be cut into pieces. Thus, the Muenster & Chive Potato Stacks, made in muffin tins, were born!

    hood half and half

    Ingredients:

    • 1 t. parsley
    • 1 t. onion powder
    • 2 T. minced garlic
    • 1 t. ground pepper
    • 1 ½ t. salt
    • 2 cups Hood Half and Half cream
    • a dozen medium red potatoes
    • 12 slices Muenster cheese

    Directions:

    Combine all of the spices in a skillet and stir on low heat until combined. Slowly add the Hood Half and Half cream to the skillet and continue to stir on low heat.

    Next, slice up your red potatoes into thin slices. Unless you have some mad knife skills, I think the key to this recipe's success is in using a mandolin or a food slicer to get your potatoes thin and evenly sliced. Like the Chef Creations eCookbook recommends in its gratin recipe, I kept my sliced potatoes soaking in water until it was time to use them. Since we like red potatoes a whole lot more than basic brown or yellow, I wanted to make sure they were the staple. Plus, I think red potato peels are meant to stay on the potato, so this eliminated another step of having to peel them.

    potatos and cheese

    Use a cookie cutter to cut out two circles of cheese from every slice. My stacks consisted of 4 layers of potato, then one cheese, and repeat, making sure the potatoes you choose are small enough to fit inside a muffin tin.

    potato and cheese stacks

    Place the stacks in your tins, avoiding them reaching higher than the top of the tin, then pour your milk mixture into each cup until it is full, but not overflowing.

    potato stacks in muffin tins

    Bake at 375 degrees for 20 min.

    potato stacks with cream

    Let them cool and set up a little in the pans before removing. Top your stacks with a few sprigs of chives and get ready to hear some praise from your dinner guests!

    muenster and chive

    Lovely, right?! These were the hot commodity at our Thanksgiving feast! They were such a gourmet alternative to mashed potatoes and so easy to serve. I thought they were delicious and will totally be making these again!

    potato stack

    If you want to see the inspiration for these Potato Stacks, as well as an array of 25 mouthwatering recipes using Hood Cream, download the E-Cookbook HERE! Its the first-ever eCookbook from HP Hood, and it is totally free. There are a few feature that make it noteworthy: the notes from Chef Coombs with special tips and his inspiration behind each dish, a step-by-step "cook view" mode, social media sharing buttons for each recipe, and the ability to take it anywhere you go because you can download it on multiple devices.

    *TIP: There are two specially recommended seasonal menus in the cookbook, one of which is a holiday spread! You could lift that entire menu off the pages and have all the recipes for one remarkable Christmas dinner on your hands.

    Download it: The interactive Hood Cream E-Cookbook is available at Hood.com/ecookbook and will soon be available on iTunes, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo.com.

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    Comments

    1. Amber Ludwig says

      December 10, 2015 at 10:29 am

      Oh my!! These look amazing!!! Super gorgeous and I bet amazingly delicious!! We will definitely be trying these!

      Reply
    2. Mia says

      December 10, 2015 at 1:56 pm

      These look so delicious and I cant wait to try the recipe I like the combination of ingredients and how they are layered.

      Reply
    3. Sarah L says

      December 10, 2015 at 2:51 pm

      These look great and would taste so yummy. I might add some dill to the mixture.

      Reply
    4. G K says

      July 04, 2016 at 1:31 am

      These look very rich and perfect for a party.

      Reply
    5. Rosie says

      July 10, 2016 at 9:51 am

      What a way to gussy up potatoes! So easy and sounds very good! Great for any occasion

      Reply
    6. Kimberly Flickinger says

      August 28, 2016 at 9:53 am

      These potato stacks look delicious! I love that they are easy to make. Thank you for sharing.

      Reply
    7. Linda Manns Linneman says

      December 25, 2016 at 6:25 pm

      This recipe sounds so good. I love Muenster cheese. I can't wait to try this. Thank you so much for sharing

      Reply
    8. Jo-Ann Brightman says

      December 26, 2016 at 11:07 pm

      I love the idea of using the muffin tins to make stacks of potatoes. This recipe looks delicious..

      Reply
    9. Deborah D says

      August 14, 2017 at 3:40 pm

      I love potatoes and these look super yummy!

      Reply
    10. Lisa Queen says

      October 07, 2017 at 2:00 pm

      These Muenster and chive potatoe stacks look really good. I have them pinned. We love anything with potatoes! Thanks!

      Reply
    11. Becky Kinard says

      December 29, 2017 at 1:36 am

      These are so different and sound delicious. I like that they are so easy to serve and look very elegant. I have pinned this and want to try making them. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    12. Jeffrey says

      January 08, 2018 at 10:19 pm

      This would make a nice side dish for dinner.

      Reply

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