Scalloped Potatoes with Bacon

Ingredients

• 4 medium potatoes
• 1/2 pound sliced bacon
• Milk
• Salt, used sparingly
• Pepper
• Flour

Method

1. 1

   Pare the potatoes and cut them into thin slices.

2. 2

   Cook the bacon until brown; cut each slice of bacon into several pieces.

3. 3

   Oil a baking dish and place a layer of potatoes in it, then a layer of bacon and some of the tried-out bacon fat.

4. 4

   Sprinkle with flour, salt, and pepper.

5. 5

   Repeat, until all the ingredients are used; the top layer should be of bacon.

6. 6

   Add milk until it reaches the top layer.

7. 7

   Bake in a moderate oven for one hour, or until much of the milk has evaporated and the potatoes are tender.

8. 8

   Serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A text-book of cooking (1915) by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH BACON 4 medium potatoes Salt, used sparingly J pound sliced bacon Pepper Flour Milk

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