What to cook with potatoes if you're tired of fried and boiled: chefs share their tips

Fried, boiled, jacketed or mashed, stewed or baked – there are so many things you can make with just one potato, an ingredient that is always available in every home. But it happens that the dishes that are frequent guests on the table eventually become boring and taste far from the way they did the first time. And you really want something unusual. So, for such an unusual case, there is an unusual solution.

The FoodOboz editorial team has prepared a selection of unusual potato dishes from chefs.

Potato gratin from food blogger Yulia

Ingredients:

• Potatoes
• Milk
• Cream
• Hard cheese
• Salt, pepper, nutmeg
• Butter
• Garlic

Method of preparation:

1. Cut the potatoes into slices.
2. Combine cream and milk and cook in the resulting mass of potatoes.
3. Add spices and garlic at the end. Cook until almost done.
4. Grease a baking dish. Put the potatoes and top with hard cheese.
5. Bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees.

Rustic potatoes with cheese sauce from food blogger Anna Stankevych

Ingredients:

• Potatoes - 6-7 pcs.
• Oil - 4 tbsp.
• Flour - 2 tbsp.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Spices for potatoes - 1 tsp
• Smoked paprika - 1\2 tsp

For the sauce:

• Butter - 20 g
• Flour - 1\4 tsp
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Milk - 200 ml
• Processed cheese - 3 pieces
• Turmeric - 1\3 tsp
• Swan salt - 1\3 tsp

Method of preparation:

1. Wash, dry, and cut the potatoes into slices.
2. Mix flour, salt, spices, and paprika in a separate bowl.
3. Add the oil and flour with the spices to the potatoes and mix.
4. Put the potatoes on parchment and bake for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
5. For the sauce, mix the butter with the flour and put it on the fire. Stir in the milk and bring to a boil.
6. Add the chopped cheese, grated garlic, turmeric, and salt. Bring to a boil, whisk with a blender, and put back on the fire for just 1 minute. Let it cool down.