14 potato bake recipes bound to impress

What’s not to love about a potato bake recipe? Creamy, dreamy and stacked with thin slices of potato, this side dish might just steal the limelight. These are the 14 of the best potato bake recipes for adding to a table or as an accompaniment to showstopping centrepieces.

From crisp potato bake with barrel-aged feta topped with salmon roe for the bon vivants to our simple potato and fennel gratin and a French Alps-inspired recipe for tartiflette, these are the dreamiest pasta bakes to set the table with.

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Tartiflette with bacon and sage

Cheesy, savoury and warming, this tartiflette gives all other potato dishes a run for their money.

Woodcut’s potato and mushroom gratin with fried sage and black garlic butter

An elevated take on a crowd pleasing dish.

Crisp potato bake recipe with barrel-aged feta

Ditch roast potatoes and make this stunning crisp potato bake recipe with feta and salmon roe instead.

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Potato and fennel gratin

Cheesy, creamy potatoes paired with fennel make for a standout side dish.

Tartiflette

Hailing from Savoy, this baked delight is all about layers of rich flavour: cream, potato, bacon and Reblochon.

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Potato, leek and silverbeet gratin

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Potato, witlof and Münster gratin

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Neil Perry’s potato and cabbage gratin

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Jacques Reymond: Gratin of silverbeet, potatoes and pickled veal tongue with Morbier *(Credits: Sharyn Cairns)*

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La tiella

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FAQs

Should you boil potatoes before making potato bake?

No, the majority of our potato bake recipes simply require you to slice your potatoes thinly before layering them with other ingredients and baking.

How long does potato bake take to cook?

Potato bakes generally take upwards of an hour to cook, but this can differ from recipe to recipe, so make sure you double check the cook times before you set and forget.

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