Gratin Dauphinois

Name: Gratin Dauphinois
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 clove of garlic, crushed and peeled; 1 kg potatoes, such as King Edwards, Desiree, Idaho or Maris Piper; 100 g butter; 20 fl oz single cream; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; 100 g Gruyere cheese, grated

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

The ultimate potato dish. It’s so good that I’m quite happy to have this as a main course, although it also works very well as an accompaniment to meat, fish or green vegetables.

Ingredients

1 kg potatoes, such as King Edwards, Desiree, Idaho or Maris Piper
1 clove

Europe
France
Side dish
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the oven to 150°C/gas 2.

Peel the potatoes and slice them finely using a mandolin or a food processor. Place the potato slices in a large bowl of cold water and move them around to get rid of excess starch. Drain well and dry thoroughly: use a salad spinner or else put the sl