What are Omaha Steaks "Potatoes Au Gratin" actually? Over the holidays my uncle sent my parents steaks from a website called Omaha Steaks.  Included with the steaks were, among other things, some potato appetizers, that the packaging called "Potatoes Au Gratin".  Now I've had Potatoes Au Gratin before and these things are quite dissimilar.  A cursory web search also reveals that these are not Potatoes Au Gratin.

I'd like to make these myself but without knowing what they are it is pretty hard to look up a recipe.  What are they called?

Here is a picture from their website:



and here is the order page.  The description reads:


  These make a unique appetizer or an elegant side dish! Creamy shredded potatoes in a light breading prebrowned to a delicate golden brown. Available in individual servings. Just bake, serve and enjoy!
These are very similar to potato croquettes, for which there are tons of recipes. Those are usually made with mashed potatoes instead of shredded, but otherwise pretty much the same deal. You can find recipes with varying amounts of creamy things and cheese; I'm guessing the Omaha Steaks ones are on the higher end of that.

If you want to try to match the shredded texture better, you can probably start with a potato croquette recipe and just bake and grate/shred the potatoes instead of mashing them.

As Cindy noted, you can also find recipes by searching for "au gratin potato balls", plenty of which are mimicking the Omaha Steaks ones. I might be inclined to use a croquette recipe, because it's a more common name so it's easier to find obviously trustworthy recipes, but you'll probably be fine either way.