Au gratin potatoes with ham

Dauvis · 11-10-2013, 10:43 PM

One of the meals that my wife makes is au gratin potatoes with ham. Her au gratin potatoes come from a box and the ham comes from a package

. I was surfing the webs and found a way to make ham from country style ribs. I thought that I could do that and improve upon my wife's recipe.

On Friday evening, I rubbed some country style ribs with Morton's tender quick. This evening, I took them out of the fridge.

I rubbed some of them with Bone Sucking Sauce and the others with McCormick's applewood rub. Put them in the smoker at about 260*.

Cooked them to an internal temperature 150* and gave them a well deserved rest.

The color looked good to me and it had a great smoked ham flavor. Based on the feedback on the rest of the family, the recipe was successful.

Now... for part two; the au gratin potatoes.

I diced some onions, sliced some potatoes, and chopped some of the ham.

While I started the cheese sauce, my daughter put the potatoes, onions, and ham in a dutch oven.

Once the cheese sauce was nice and smooth, it was poured over the potatoes, onions, and ham.

After about an hour and a half in the oven...

peeps · 11-10-2013, 10:45 PM

Those look damn tasty!

Callahan-que · 11-10-2013, 10:52 PM

That looks delicious, I do something very similar.

bbqbull · 11-10-2013, 11:06 PM

Oh my....Outstanding looking meal!

Titch · 11-11-2013, 01:00 AM

Kick butt recipe mate, looks great, we also do something like that.

Phubar · 11-11-2013, 02:17 AM

Very nice!
Potatoes au gratin is one of my standard sides...easy to make and most of the time you got all the ingredients in house.

jbuntingsr · 11-11-2013, 05:00 AM

Killer cookin

Diesel Dave · 11-11-2013, 05:32 AM

Dang that looks really good.

I need to start cooking 2 dinners a night just to try all these recipes out

CharredApron · 11-11-2013, 06:09 AM

Fantastic look grub! Great idea with the country ribs too!

dport7 · 11-11-2013, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peeps

Those look damn tasty!

What peeps said!!!

sliding_billy · 11-11-2013, 07:06 AM

Very nice dish!

BBQinMI · 11-11-2013, 11:43 AM

Great looking meal. I will have to try ham out of country style ribs.

tatonka3a2 · 11-11-2013, 11:48 AM

That looks perfect!

el_matt · 11-11-2013, 11:58 AM

I tried improving one of my wifes recipes once, once!!
Fantastic looking cook.

Matt

fingerlickin' · 11-11-2013, 12:11 PM

Yeah buddy. Now that's how you do it.

11-10-2013, 10:43 PM	#1
Dauvis is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 06-26-13 Location: MOORESVILLE IN	Au gratin potatoes with ham One of the meals that my wife makes is au gratin potatoes with ham. Her au gratin potatoes come from a box and the ham comes from a package . I was surfing the webs and found a way to make ham from country style ribs. I thought that I could do that and improve upon my wife's recipe. On Friday evening, I rubbed some country style ribs with Morton's tender quick. This evening, I took them out of the fridge. I rubbed some of them with Bone Sucking Sauce and the others with McCormick's applewood rub. Put them in the smoker at about 260. Cooked them to an internal temperature 150 and gave them a well deserved rest. The color looked good to me and it had a great smoked ham flavor. Based on the feedback on the rest of the family, the recipe was successful. Now... for part two; the au gratin potatoes. I diced some onions, sliced some potatoes, and chopped some of the ham. While I started the cheese sauce, my daughter put the potatoes, onions, and ham in a dutch oven. Once the cheese sauce was nice and smooth, it was poured over the potatoes, onions, and ham. After about an hour and a half in the oven... __________________ Master Forge Vertical Smoker, Pit Barrel Cooker, Weber OTS 22.5

11-10-2013, 10:45 PM	#2
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11-11-2013, 02:17 AM	#6
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11-11-2013, 05:00 AM	#7
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11-11-2013, 05:32 AM	#8
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11-11-2013, 06:09 AM	#9
CharredApron Babbling Farker Join Date: 02-24-13 Location: Port Charlotte, Florida	Fantastic look grub! Great idea with the country ribs too! __________________ Proud recipient of the coveted "Aussie Lamb Farker Tick of Approval" Award

11-11-2013, 07:06 AM	#11
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11-11-2013, 11:43 AM	#12
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