Congratulations to our giveaway winners, Sarah, Vaishali and Charlotte who each won an Anolon baltic blue 13 by 9 inch oven-to-table ceramic baker. Enjoy!
When we first started planning Maggy’s baby shower, we all envisioned a holiday roast dinner. Because Maggy and Andy have so many good friends in the area, it was a large crowd, so we needed a forgiving (and reasonably priced!) cut of meat. We quickly settled on a rich, sticky glazed ham.
We also needed sturdy side dishes that wouldn’t wilt, fade, or turn drab while nearly sixty people queued up and went through the buffet line. Given all the heavy hors d’oeuvres, rich meat, and decadent desserts, I wanted light, bright, simple side dishes. We oven-roasted scads of carrots and parsnips, and pan roasted a big mound of Brussels sprouts. Potato gratin was a natural too. But rather than dress them with the usual heavy cream and butter, I took them an olive oil and chicken broth direction.
We could have baked up the gratins in standard 13- by 9-inch Pyrex pans, but with the house decorated so beautifully and the occasion so lively and festive, we turned to one of our Big Potluck sponsors—Anolon – and their gorgeous, new oven-to-table Vesta Stoneware. They sent us a couple of their stunning Baltic Blue 13- by 9-inch pans for the gratins, which beautifully enlivened the buffet.
We’re looking forward to all of the other dishes we can bake up in this stunning dish—strata, baked oatmeal, lasagna, stuffing, roast dinners and more. And Anolon is giving THREE readers a chance to own one too. Just answer this question: What irresistible dish would you bake in this pan? Giveaway ends Sunday, December 21 at 9 PM, so don’t wait too long to give us your answer. And come Monday, just in time for Christmas, we’ll post our favorite of the stacked tarts I made for the shower (chocolate, butterscotch and coconut cream!) Get ready to bake!
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus extra for oiling pan
- 3 medium shallots, but into small dice
- 1 quart low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
- 4 pounds yellow potatoes, rinsed and sliced
- Salt and ground black pepper
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Heat oil in a soup kettle over medium-high heat. Add shallots; sauté until tender 3 to 4 minutes. Add chicken broth and rosemary; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until reduced to 2 cups, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Adjust oven racks to lower middle and upper positions and heat oven to 400 degrees. Coat a 13- by 9-inch pan with olive oil. Working in 4 layers, arrange potatoes in an overlapping single layer; lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper and drizzle with ½ cup of the broth; repeat 3 more times. Cover potatoes with a sheet of parchment and then a sheet of foil; bake on lower-middle rack until tender, about 1 hour. Remove pan from oven and sprinkle with cheese; turn oven to broil. Return pan to upper position and broil until cheese melts and is spotty brown, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Let rest a few minutes and serve.
Not to be obvious, but I would bake any 3MC recipe that includes the words “in a 13×9 pan…” Can’t wait to try these potatoes!
Bread pudding!!!
Enough bread pudding for a crowd.
i have this on-going love affair with potatoes . . . and unfortunately, the older i get the harder it is to work those potatoes off but lightening with olive oil still sounds lucious – and perfect to serve a large crowd. and seriously, that blue casserole dish is stunning!!! i hope i win one of those – i’d be displaying that baby on my open shelves!! Merry Christmas Three Many Cooks!!
cheesy chicken enchiladas for a crowd
Lobster, Mac and Cheese!
Sticky toffee pudding
This time of year, Christmas breakfast casserole. Yum.
Mac n cheese!!
Bread Pudding
Pam’s enchiladas! We love them. Any flavor.
I’d use the dish for Mac and Cheese. This Gratin recipe looks great! I’d love to make it for Christmas dinner. Do you have any advice for prepping ahead?
Beautiful! I’ve been eyeing a butternut squash lasagna recipe, and that pan would be perfect to make it – especially for a dinner party with friends!
Chicken wing casserole & thanksgiving casserole
Mmm Erin. What is chicken wing casserole? Maybe Three Many Cooks needs to share that recipe!
I wish I had been able to use such a beautiful baking dish for the mushroom, roast chicken and smoked gouda lasagna I made for my sister’s birthday last week! It would have been so much prettier and I could have sent her home with it!
I have a few suggestions Mac and cheese, baked french toast or the best bread and butter pudding ever
YYYYYUUUUMMMMM
We’re getting so many great recipe ideas from this giveaway! I think we need to run your recipe for bread and butter pudding, Cathy. You willing to share the recipe?
My family has been BEGGING for scalloped potatoes, so this lighter version would be a great compromise 😉
I have made a mushroom and artichoke heart chicken tetrazzini that would look lovely in that dish. Also would have to try your Rosemary potatoes. 🙂
I would make lasagna in that beautiful dish!
chicken and rice would be my dish of choice to fill that beautiful pan!
Mm, either our family favorite sweet potato soufflé/puff, or my husband’s bread pudding with bourbon sauce obsession.
I would bake my mother’s delicious sour cream chocolate cake.
If I had a pan like that, I would love to make a cheesy Mexican casserole with chicken, green chilies, tomatoes, and lots of cheese of course!
Your “Quick, Creamy Lasagna” (with spinach) is a favorite of ours and would be perfect for the holiday crowd, especially served in such an attractive dish.
Lasagna!
Lasagna! Just made my first homemade one for Thanksigiving, and have a ton of recipes marked on pinterest that I want to try out next time!
enchiladas
Oh, Pam – my Apple Crisp would look superb in that deep blue pan. All crumbly on the top with an aroma that has your mouth watering long before it comes out of the oven.
(and I’m trying those potatoes, too!)
Baked french toast for Christmas breakfast!
I would bake most anything calling for a 9 by 13 pan.
Lasagna!
My Veggie lasagna
I would make my mom’s Enchilada recipe. It would really look fantastic in that dish!
Cake!
I could put this pan to use every day. Enchiladas, mac and cheese, apple crumble and your potatoes. We want to do a potato dish for Christmas but the amount of fat in all the receipes I looked at was putting me off. This looks perfect
lasagna
I think I would make a Philly Cheesesteak Casserole in that beautiful pan!
I would probably make something yellow because that would look nice with the Celtic blue. Maybe some type of corn casserole with green and red peppers or a Cheese Grits with Shrimp casserole.
I would bake a pan of luscious Christmas lasagna!!
Mexican lasagna
I’d make a great vegetable lasagna.
A breakfast casserole for Christmas morning!
Chicken pot pie with roasted mushrooms, carrots, peas and creme fraiche with Parmesan puff pasty topping
The Quick, Creamy Lasagna, Spinach-Mushroom version, from the Perfect One-Dish Dinners cookbok. I made it yesterday when I needed a vegetarian entree and it was indeed perfect!
Peach cobbler, mac n cheese, decadent potatoes augratin….
I would definitely make my grandmother’s Polenta Lasagna, layered with creamy fontina cheese and shards of gruyere, tomato sauce and spicy sausage. It also would look great in the blue pan.
Those potatoes look wonderful, and I would love to try Mama’s Mac and Cheese in it
I would make overnight cranberry rolls in this gorgeous dish.
I’d make my grandma’s baked spaghetti.
First a pan of chicken enchiladas, then a cheesy lasagna, or maybe German chocolate cake. . . The possibilities are endless!