Gratin dauphinoise

Name: Gratin dauphinoise
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 25 g butter, plus a little extra; 1 tablespoon onions only base; ½ teaspoon garlic granules or 1 clove, peeled and crushed; 125 ml cream; 125 ml milk; 3 very large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 100 g grated emmental cheese

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 50

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

You cannot live in France for any length of time without becoming quite addicted to these potatoes. Here they are in all their cholesterol glory!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon onions only base
25 g butter, plus a little extra
3

Europe
France
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Follow the method to make the onion base.
Melt the butter with the onions in a pan. Layer the sliced potatoes and onion mixture into an ovenproof dish, finishing with a layer of onions.
Put the milk, cream, garlic and salt and pepper into the empty onion pan (so you can use all the flavour of the softened onions) and