Found this new recipe in my Better Homes and Gardens, March 2010 issue and decided it looked too good NOT to try. I love different cheeses together and this one has Fontina, Parmesan, and blue cheese. How’s that for an interesting combo.
It’s really tasty! I loved all these flavors together and anything with Panko breadcrumbs HAS to be good, right? 
Tuscan Cheese Potato Bake
2 lb. red potatoes
3 cloves garlic, pressed
1 1/2 tsp. snipped fresh thyme or 1/2 tsp. dried
1/4 cup butter
1 cup buttermilk
4 oz. fontina cheese, shredded
4 oz. Parmesan cheese, finely shredded
1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
1/4 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
1 TBL olive oil
Snipped fresh parsley (optional)
Preheat oven to 400*. Lightly grease a 2-quart square baking dish, set aside. Scrub potatoes, cut in 1-inch pieces. In large saucepan cook potatoes in lightly salted boiling water 12 to 15 min. until tender. Drain.
In 12-in skillet cook and stir garlic and thyme in butter over medium heat for 1 minute; add potatoes. Coarsely mash potatoes. Stir in buttermilk, 1/2 tsp salt & 1/4 tsp. black pepper. Fold in fontina cheese, half the Parmesan, and the blue cheese. Evenly spread in baking dish.
In small bowl, combine remaining Parmesan, panko, Italian seasoning & oil. Toss with fork to combine. Evenly sprinkle over potato mixture in dish. Bake for 20 min. or until bubbly and top is golden. Sprinkle with snipped fresh parsley.
Makes 8 to 10 servings (well, may in a normal family, but not in ours). 🙂
Hope you try it and enjoy it too! Adding this to Jen’s Tasty Tuesday.
Oh Rhoda, that DOES LOOK DELISH! I’m going to put that on my list to make!
Looks and sounds yummy! I may have to try this instead of my ever faithful hash brown casserole!
Rhoda… This looks so yummy!!! And cheese… I like it any way that I can get it!
Have a blessed day!
Yvette
This looks absolutely amazing! I will have to try this recipe and soon. My kids will be in heaven with all of the cheeses!
Hope you are getting some of this much needed rain!
Jen
That looks sinful! My mouth is watering just looking at your pictures and reading the recipe. I may just have to try this when my aunt visits next month.
Happy Tuesday! La
I am planning to publicly launch my diet this week and you tempt me! Don’t think that is on my low cholesterol plan. I have to enjoy the pictures.
If there are potatoes and cheese involved, I am THERE. Looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
You had me at Buttermilk and Potatoes ~ Yummy Rhoda~ Thank You also for visiting me and leaving such a sweet comment~ You will always be one of my favs and some day I hope to meet you:))
Blessings,
Carol
This looks like it is packed with flavor! I think I’d use gorgonzola with it in place of the blue, well gorgonzola is a blue! I can’t wait to try this!
Oh that looks soooo good! We are having company tomorrow night and I may just have to try my hand at making that. Thanks for sharing a great new recipe! I’ve been in a cooking slump so hopefully this will kick-start me.
Vanessa
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Oh. My. Goodness. I haven’t had breakfast yet, and I am starving, drooling!!!! Yum!!
I will be trying this recipe for sure!
Oh Rhoda that sounds FANTASTIC !!! Hubby is going to love it !!! Speaking of which if a good looking guy with pretty blue eyes and a suitcase shows up on your doorstep, let him in, it’s my hubby, he just wants you to cook for him LOL He HONEST to God will ask for Rhoda’s London Broil when we haven’t had it for awhile 🙂
Thanks for this recipe can’t wait to try it…..
All the best,
Kathy 🙂
Hey, Kathy, your comment cracked me up. Well, if he does show up, I’ll just invite him in. What’s one more?!
I did know about the vinegar & milk trick too for buttermilk & have done that on occasion.
ps for those that don’t know…. if you don’t have buttermilk on hand (which I don’t) you can add white vinegar to reg. milk not sure of the ratio….I THINK it’s 1 tbl vinegar to 1C milk ????? Sure it can be Googled
Kathy 🙂
Yum! Does that ever sound good!
My mouth watered just looking at the photo! 😉 Great recipe, Rhoda. 🙂
Rhoda , this sounds Yum I am a big cheese lover and my family would love this dish. Thanks this is going in my favs!!! Kathysue
I’m in agreeement with all the other comments. This looks and sounds delicious! Printing this out now to try this weekend. Thanks for sharing the recipe, Rhoda.
I just finished dinner and I am full, but that would not stop me from eating this dish. It looks so yummy! Thanks for posting the recipe and great instructions!