{"id":140,"date":"2026-02-22T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/scalloped-potatoes-with-smoked-ham"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:24:29","slug":"scalloped-potatoes-with-smoked-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/scalloped-potatoes-with-smoked-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalloped Potatoes With Smoked Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 pound leeks 5 small<br \/>\n1\/4 C. water<br \/>\n1 C. onions sliced<br \/>\nsalt<br \/>\n1\/2 pound ham, extra lean coarsely chopped<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. pepper<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. thyme<br \/>\n3 pounds baking potatoes peeled<br \/>\n2\/3 C. all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1 quart lowfat 1% milk<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. chopped parsley fresh<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Heat oven to 350. Coat 13 x 9 inch baking dish with vegetable cooking spray. Discard green portions from leeks. Slice white portions of each lengthwise in half; cut crosswise into slices. rinse leeks well to remove all sand; drain. Heat water and spread in Dutch oven or nonstick skilled over high heat. Add leeks, sliced onions, and 1\/2 tsp. salt; toss to coat well. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer, stirring until leeks and onions are tender, 10 minutes. Stir in ham, 3\/4 tsp. salt, the pepper, and thyme. Cook uncovered, stirring over medium-high heat until liquid is evaporated and leeks and onions are golden. Meanwhile, slice potatoes thin. Place flour in large bowl; gradually whisk in milk until smooth. Gradually stir into leek-onion mixture. Bring to boil over high heat, stirring until thickened; boil 1 minute. Spoon 1\/2 C. milk mixture into bottom of prepared pan. Top with half the sliced potatoes. Spoon half of remaining sauce over potatoes. Arrange remaining potatoes; cover with remaining sauce. Cover dish with foil and bake 1 1\/4 hours. Sprinkle parsley and bake uncovered 15 minutes more, until potatoes are tender.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potato<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/scalloped-potatoes-with-smoked-ham\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potato"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/potato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}