Scalloped Potatoes with Beef Marsala Casserole
This is the comfort food you have been looking for. What a great way to jazz up some scalloped taters.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup leeks - chopped
- 5 cloves garlic - chopped
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon old bay
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tbsp flour
- ½ cup marsala wine for cooking
- ½ cup beef broth
- ¾ cup cheddar cheese
- 1 4.7 oz box scalloped potatoes
- ⅓ milk
- 2 boiling water
- 2 butter
- sprinkles parsley for garnish
Instructions
PREP
- Preheat oven 450°
- Prep work - measure out all the ingredients and cut the onion and garlic
GROUND BEEF
- Sauté' the onion and garlic in the olive oil about 4 minutes (skillet on medium)
- Add the ground beef and brown with the pepper, garlic powder, old bay and chili powder
- Add the marsala wine and deglaze reducing it by half (3minutes or so)
- flour - sprinkle in the meat - stir and let it thicken about 2 minutes
- beef broth - stir in and let it cook for another 2 minutes.
SAUCE
- Grab a bowl and mix in HOT BOILING WATER, milk (warm it up), and melted butter with the sauce packet from the tater package.
LAYERING THE CASSEROLE
- Grab a 9 by 9 casserole dish and spray it with cooking spray
- 1. the ground beef goes on the bottom
- 2. cheese - goes on top of the meat
- 3. taters - they go on top of the cheese
- 4. sauce - pour it evenly all over the taters - it will be soupy
BAKE IT
- Pop it in the oven (not covered) and let it cook about 25 / 30 minutes
- When the top is golden brown pull it out and let it sit. The sauce will thicken as it sits - at this point we sprinkled a bit more cheese on top.