Okay, so I made the Ohana potatoes..

[Mermaid_Ariel]

I followed the directions exactly as they were written. The sauce tasted right on the money but the consistancy was completely off. When I was served the Maui potatoes at 'Ohana, they were more a mash than a scalloped potatoes in my opinion.

I prepared the potatoes by slicing them very thin with a mandolin slicer. Should I have mashed them first? I think 1 pound of potatoes to 1 cup of heavy cream was too much, the sauce was a bit sparse but they did taste oh-so-yummy.

How exactly did you prepare them and what did you change, if anything?

 

[MickeyNicki]

I made them on Xmas eve, they turned out perfect. I doubled the recipe I found on the Dis, 1 cup heavy cream and 1 cup half and half. NO SALT, sliced the onion pretty thin and the potatoes about 1/4 inch slices. Baked for about 1hour 20 min, let stand 15 min and they were out of this world! Cannot wait to make them again.

 

[Mermaid_Ariel]

1 cup heavy cream and 1 cup half and half.

Wait, so you used 1 cup of heavy cream and then added another cup of half and half? So you used 2 cups of liquid altogether? The original recipe only calls for 1 cup. Maybe mine needed more liquid?

 

[MickeyNicki]

Wait, so you used 1 cup of heavy cream and then added another cup of half and half? So you used 2 cups of liquid altogether? The original recipe only calls for 1 cup. Maybe mine needed more liquid?

Read my post, I doubled the recipe so I doubled the liquid...we had a big crowd and the reciped just did not seem like enough, not one bit of left overs

Try it again but cut the potatoes a bit thicker. I just tossed everything in a baking dish but I did not touch it once it went into the oven. I was getting a bit concerned because it did not look like it was going to firm up but after sitting out of the oven for a bit they set and were super creamy

 

[rcraw45425]

I made mine with the bagged Simply Potatoes slices, raw sliced potatoes in the refridgerated section at Publix. I used a cup of heavy cream and didn't measure the cheeses. They were very soupy at first on the bottom, no liquid stuck to the potatoes when going in the oven, I have a convection so I jsut slid them in on the bottom shelf with the dressing, my ham and another casserole were on the top rack. Baked with everything else, just kept an eye on them. They turned out like scallopped potatoes, not runny at all. Out of the oven and into the warming drawer until everything else was ready.

 

[Mermaid_Ariel]

What size dish did you bake them in? I had to leave mine in for longer because the potatoes weren't thoroughly cooked, so the sauce wound up burning on the sides and being overcooked. I used a 8x8 baking dish so perhaps that was my problem. I also stirred them around halfway through cooking. Maybe I wasn't supposed to do that either?

Sorry - I think I read too quickly that you doubled the recipe.

 

[rcraw45425]

I used a longer rectangular one, maybe 10X13 or some weird size like that. I know I transferred the mess twice because I started out with a smaller pan, this one is the oblong Corning glass one, it's smaller than the large one, hold on I'll go see what the size is

 

[rcraw45425]

2QT, 8X 11.5 X 2 inches deep.

 

[Mermaid_Ariel]

Thanks so much. I'll try the larger pan next time (I think I have the one you were talking about). I had to transfer it once from another bowl because I couldn't mix it properly on the smaller pan.

 

[MickeyNicki]

What size dish did you bake them in? I had to leave mine in for longer because the potatoes weren't thoroughly cooked, so the sauce wound up burning on the sides and being overcooked. I used a 8x8 baking dish so perhaps that was my problem. I also stirred them around halfway through cooking. Maybe I wasn't supposed to do that either?

Sorry - I think I read too quickly that you doubled the recipe.

I used a shallow rectangle, I thing 10x13 or something like that. It filled about 2/3 to the top, try cooking it again in a bigger pan but lower the temp a bit...maybe that will help

Dont give up on them, they are to die for!