Kenji’s Hasselback Potato Gratin was a masssive letdown
Kenji’s Hasselback Potato Gratin was a masssive letdown
by therealmaxmittens
8 Comments
therealmaxmittens
Very disappointed in this recipe. Followed it exactly and it still took over 60 minutes longer cooking than the recipe stated. So we had them after the father’s day cake. Overall the flavor was totally forgettable. It was fine, could have used way more seasoning, and left me a bit disappointed. The effort the result ratio is just not there, although they do look visually stunning.
The other crazy part to me is when you read the comments under the recipe on the SE website, they are all over the place. One person saying they used 3 cups cream instead of 2, one person saying they’re so glad they didn’t use all of the cream mixture from the recipe. Idk what I did wrong. Could not have done it more by the book. Even stuck a thermometer in the oven to make sure it was temping at 400, yet every time I pulled them out they were still not cooked. Tragic.
CoysNizl3
Made it many times. Very good. Not sure what you did wrong.
SonofCraster
I mean, you have to cook it too. Or did you forget the after pic?
lecabs
Regardless of what broke down in this particular instance, always start your cooking with the dish that is going to take the longest to finish- and that is almost always potatoes!
You say the actual cook time was an hour longer than listed, were you using a thick pan?
You say you temped your oven, how often were you doing that? Because every time you open that oven door the temp plummets.
Are you at altitude?
As for taste being bland, it’s potatoes and a bunch of dairy it would be very easy to under-salt a dish like this. If other aspects of the recipe were off but you followed the salt to the letter, that could account for blandness
themoundie
Yeah. All potatoes are different! Sometimes it needs a LOT more time to make them good. Keep that foil on until they’re perfect, then brown things up. Yum.
GrisWitch
My mother in law lives in another town 45 minutes away. She comes by to visit often and will frequently bring stuff from her fridge she didn’t use and doesn’t want to go bad. I made this once when she came for dinner and said how much she liked it and asked how I made it. And then the next time she visited she had the exact ingredients just casually “left over”. Didn’t say a thing. Guess what we had for dinner? 😂
goofy314
Did you bake it with the casserole dish on a sheet pan? Maybe that led to the longer cook time (unless you were using convection)?
chicklette
I’ve made this recipe often and not had this problem. Very curious about what went wrong here. 🙁 So sorry it was a miss for you!
8 Comments
Very disappointed in this recipe. Followed it exactly and it still took over 60 minutes longer cooking than the recipe stated. So we had them after the father’s day cake. Overall the flavor was totally forgettable. It was fine, could have used way more seasoning, and left me a bit disappointed. The effort the result ratio is just not there, although they do look visually stunning.
The other crazy part to me is when you read the comments under the recipe on the SE website, they are all over the place. One person saying they used 3 cups cream instead of 2, one person saying they’re so glad they didn’t use all of the cream mixture from the recipe. Idk what I did wrong. Could not have done it more by the book. Even stuck a thermometer in the oven to make sure it was temping at 400, yet every time I pulled them out they were still not cooked. Tragic.
Made it many times. Very good. Not sure what you did wrong.
I mean, you have to cook it too. Or did you forget the after pic?
Regardless of what broke down in this particular instance, always start your cooking with the dish that is going to take the longest to finish- and that is almost always potatoes!
You say the actual cook time was an hour longer than listed, were you using a thick pan?
You say you temped your oven, how often were you doing that? Because every time you open that oven door the temp plummets.
Are you at altitude?
As for taste being bland, it’s potatoes and a bunch of dairy it would be very easy to under-salt a dish like this. If other aspects of the recipe were off but you followed the salt to the letter, that could account for blandness
Yeah. All potatoes are different! Sometimes it needs a LOT more time to make them good. Keep that foil on until they’re perfect, then brown things up. Yum.
My mother in law lives in another town 45 minutes away. She comes by to visit often and will frequently bring stuff from her fridge she didn’t use and doesn’t want to go bad. I made this once when she came for dinner and said how much she liked it and asked how I made it. And then the next time she visited she had the exact ingredients just casually “left over”. Didn’t say a thing. Guess what we had for dinner? 😂
Did you bake it with the casserole dish on a sheet pan? Maybe that led to the longer cook time (unless you were using convection)?
I’ve made this recipe often and not had this problem. Very curious about what went wrong here. 🙁 So sorry it was a miss for you!