Hasselback Potato Gratin w/ Tuna Patties (Bachelor Week)

[xray]

Well I finally got around to making the Hasselback Potato gratin, and all I can say is...why the hell did I wait so long!? I've had this bookmarked for a while and brought it to chilerelleno attention. He took the original recipe and made it his own. Thank you for the kick in the pants, John.

I basically followed his version. The only thing different I did was half the recipe and omitted the smoked Gouda and flour and subbed garlic powder for minced as I was in a rush. Here's Chile's recipe: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/hasselback-au-gratin-potatoes.291997/

Since it is Bachelor week, I'm eating this by myself...plus there's nobody around to call 911 in case I OD on cheesy goodness! So half portion it is. I used a 9" ceramic pie plate for this recipe.

Ready for the oven:

Out of the oven: I have a week to get that burnt-on cheese off my wife's favorite baking dish...or I'm a dead man!

Since I wanted to feature the potatoes and plus they're time consuming, I decided to have the lowly and humble tuna patties with them. I grew up on these. It was a cheap dinner for us. My grandmother would serve these with scalloped potatoes during Lent. I'm sure everybody has a version of these or salmon cakes. I will post the recipe at the end in case anybody is interested.

Dinner: Hasselback Potato Gratin with Tuna Patties and Chile de Arbol sauce.

Tuna Patties: Makes 4
2 cans of tuna, well drained
1 egg
1/2c. seasoned bread crumbs
1/2 of a small onion, finely minced
Couple shakes of hot sauce
Squirt of Dijon mustard
1/2t. Old Bay seasoning
Black Pepper

Mix all ingredients together and form into fatties. Make a meatball sized portion and flatten into a patty. Fry or sear in a pan.

The Chile de Arbol sauce was made today in anticipation of Shrimp Tacos later in the week. I'll post the recipe more in detail then.

Thanks for looking,

Joe

 

[jcam222]

All looks awesome!! Tuna patties look and sound great!

 

[Fueling Around]

Don't make it tater hotdish more than once a year.
Dish looks to be the finest batch of scalloped potatoes I have ever seen. Never occurred to me to use a Hasselback cutting guide for scalloped potatoes.

I like crabcakes, not fishcakes.

 

[BuckeyeSteve]

Everything looks really good!
I bet some fresh dill would be good in the tuna patties.

 

[chilerelleno]

Looks great Joe, nice cook!

Them Au Gratin taters are good, hell yeah.

My wife does her Salmon patty/croquette recipe about once a month.

 

[SmokinAl]

That is a darn good looking meal!
I like the tuna patty idea, gonna give that a try!
Al

 

[tx smoker]

Wow Joe....nothing about that meal looks "cheap" It looks comforting and inviting. Those potatoes my friend...a work of art!! I LIKE that!! One request though...please don't wait to post the recipe for the Chile de Arbol sauce. Some of us don't want to wait till you make tacos

Just wow....
Robert

 

[xray]

All looks awesome!! Tuna patties look and sound great!

Thank you sir! Yeah they're real simple and a pinch to make.

Don't make it tater hotdish more than once a year.
Dish looks to be the finest batch of scalloped potatoes I have ever seen. Never occurred to me to use a Hasselback cutting guide for scalloped potatoes.

I like crabcakes, not fishcakes.

Thank you FA, they did come out pretty. They ate good too!

I'm not a fishy fish guy myself. I don't like salmon cakes. These tuna cakes are pretty mild.

Everything looks really good!
I bet some fresh dill would be good in the tuna patties.

Thanks Steve! The dill would be good in these. I usually squeeze fresh lemon juice over mine before eating.

 

[sandyut]

WOWSER! I gotta make some of that. hope it looks half as good as yours! Liking that!

 

[xray]

Looks great Joe, nice cook!

Them Au Gratin taters are good, hell yeah.

My wife does her Salmon patty/croquette recipe about once a month.

Thanks John! I was really happy with these. My only change next time is to slice my potatoes a little bit thinner. My mandolin slicer tends to make the slices larger as I push down on in when slicing, it's plastic so there's a bit of flex to it. Those thicker potatoes were a bit firmer.

We ate tuna patties a lot when I was younger. My grandparents on both sides of my family grew up in the depressed coal region of NEPA, so stretched out dollar recipes were common.

 

[xray]

That is a darn good looking meal!
I like the tuna patty idea, gonna give that a try!
Al

Thanks Al! Yeah they're pretty simple and cheap. The ingredients are pantry items, so they're always on hand. I've made them into burgers before too with melted cheese. It's basically a tuna melt.

 

[xray]

Wow Joe....nothing about that meal looks "cheap" It looks comforting and inviting. Those potatoes my friend...a work of art!! I LIKE that!! One request though...please don't wait to post the recipe for the Chile de Arbol sauce. Some of us don't want to wait till you make tacos

Just wow....
Robert

Thank you Robert! It was a perfect late night meal since it was below freezing last night. Very comforting and filling. I was asleep not too long after eating it.

Wellllll....the potatoes weren't cheap, mostly because of the cheeses involved: Gruyere, parm reggiano, and Havarti. But since the recipe is halved, I have half the cheese left too, so I'll make it again when the wife returns. It will truly be cheap then

Thanks for the like my friend.

 

[Hawging It]

Holy smokes that looks awesome! I'll bet there were zero leftovers!!

 

[xray]

WOWSER! I gotta make some of that. hope it looks half as good as yours! Liking that!

Thanks sandy, check out chilerelleno thread on the potatoes. I just tried to follow in his footsteps.

 

[xray]

Holy smokes that looks awesome! I'll bet there were zero leftovers!!

Thanks Hawg! Actually there's plenty of leftovers. It's just me here, all home alone.

If there were no leftovers, I probably wouldn't be here typing this reply. I would be in the hospital having a stent put in. I had some for breakfast though!!