
At an ALDI store, I saw a frozen food package named ‘Spinach & Ricotta Potato Gratin’ and it looked so yummy. I don’t buy processed food these days but I really wanted to try it. So I created it by myself. I can declare that this is another Super-easy Recipe. You can bake all servings in one large oven dish or individual servings in ramekins like I did.
Makes
4 Servings
Ingredients
Potatoes 4
Onion 1 *finely chopped
Garlic 1 clove *finely chopped
Frozen Spinach 4 pieces *OR 1 bunch Fresh Spinach, washed and chopped
Ricotta Cheese 250g
Salt & Pepper
Canola Oil / Olive Oil
Parmesan Cheese *grated
Method
- Peel Potatoes and cut into small cubes. Cook in salted water until soft. Drain and half-mash lightly.
- Heat 1/2 tablespoon Oil in a frying pan and cook finely chopped Onion and Garlic until tender. Season with Salt and Pepper.
- Defrost the frozen Spinach pieces and remove excess liquid. If you use Fresh Spinach, you can cook it with the Onion.
- Combine half-mashed Potatoes, Onion mixture, Spinach and Ricotta. Add some more Salt and Pepper to taste only if requires. Be carefull as Ricotta can be quite salty.
- Oil the base and side of ramekins or a baking dish and spoon the mixture. Top with plenty of grated Parmesan Cheese. Bake at about 200℃ for 20 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden.
- *Note: It can be easily removed from the ramekins, so that you can place the individual gratin on serving plates.

Comments
Anonymous
10/03/2019
At what temperature?
Anonymous
10/03/2019
Oh… I forgot to write it, didn’t I? Probably around 200C or 180C – 220C.
Sharon
22/07/2017
Can these be frozen??
Hiroko
22/07/2017
The texture will be changed but it should be fine.
Kathryn
19/03/2023
How much time and at what temperature would it take to reheat from frozen?
Hiroko
19/03/2023
Hi Kathryn. Thank you for finding this recipe. Honestly, I have never frozen this dish, so I cannot be certain. I would try with my 1000W microwave for 1 minute per serving, then heat further until hot. I wouldn’t use the oven for reheating this dish.
Anonymous
20/03/2023
Thank you 🙏
I saw them in the supermarket as you did and bought them to try. The instructions were to cook at 200 in the oven for 25 minutes turning halfway through, but I don’t know if they were pre- cooked or just the potatoes…perhaps not cooked judging by your calculations for reheating. They were very nice but expensive which is why I searched for a recipe and found your amazing site, which I shall be using for many meals.
Thank you again,
Kathryn
Hiroko
23/03/2023
Thank you, Kathryn, for your kind reply. The combination of Spinach, Ricotta and Potato is a winner. Everyone loves this dish, and it is not too hard to make the same thing at home. I am very happy to know this recipe helped you.