Need help on preparing a Potato Dish!!??!?!

Need help on preparing a Potato Dish!!??!?

I'm making Potatoes Au gratin from scratch because my family does not like that boxed stuff, so I know the normal cooking time for that dish is anywhere from 50 minutes to an hour, so is there anything I can do to the potato (boil it, microwave it, etc..) so that they will be baked much faster? Thanks!

I can't imagine why parboiling wouldn't work. I do something very similar for what my 7-year-old calls his "favorite potatoes", which involves boiling large-ish chunks of peeled potatoes for no more than 5 minutes, draining them, tossing them with olive oil and salt, then roasting them for a good long time at 425. The only thing I would say is, don't boil them for very long before combining them with your other ingredients and putting them in the oven. The parboiling will make them cook a lot faster than the time given in your recipe (I'd probably start checking them at 30 minutes), and you don't want them overcooking and falling apart. If you keep an eye on them and test with a fork, you'll easily be able to tell when they're done. Betcha anything it will work though. Happy experimenting!