Potato Gratin
Potato gratin is a wonderful dish that is easy to make. It is a good accompaniment for roast lamb or roast chicken, but is as delicious served on its own with a green salad.
Before you start
A quick setup makes the method easier to follow and keeps important steps from being missed.
Preparation checklist
- Read all 12 method steps from beginning to end.
- Measure and arrange all 7 listed ingredients.
- Set aside about 160 minutes, based on the time recorded by the source.
Recipe notes & preparation tips
Some people tend to layer the potatoes in the heat proof bowl first and then pour the cream over. Some find this unreliable as the cream does not diffuse through all the layers, and the potatoes in a higgledy-piggledy pile in the bowl may be more attractive to some.
Swiss Appenzeller cheese is also a good choice.
Adapted from the source recipe's notes.Method
- 01
Preheat the oven to
- 02
Slice the potatoes very thinly (about ⅛" thick), if possible using a mandoline to achieve evenness, and place them in some fresh water.
- 03
Swish around the potatoes in the water to get rid of the starch, because that excess starch can make the dish a little unpleasant.
- 04
Pour away the water and place the potatoes on a wooden surface. Then pat dry with a paper towel or kitchen towel, which is important because otherwise the remaining water will mix with the cream, causing curdling problems.
- 05
Return the sliced potatoes to a bowl and add the cream and chopped garlic. Add a generous pinch of salt and some pepper.
- 06
You can also add a few fresh herbs (thyme is particularly good) but this is up to you.
- 07
Peel the zest of the lemon and add it to the mixture.
- 08
Mix well, so the cream gives a good coating to all the potatoes.
- 09
Pile the potatoes into a buttered, oven-proof dish. The size is if course difficult to gauge but the potatoes should not be layered more than about 4 thick.
- 10
Grate a generous amount of cheese, and spread over the mixture.
- 11
Pop it all into the oven and leave until the top layer of cheese and potatoes are brown and the cream is bubbling and running down the side of the dish. This will take about 40 minutes.
- 12
For a final flourish before serving, grate a goodly amount of fresh nutmeg over the cheese.
Ready to serve
Serve the dish as directed and enjoy it while it is at its best.
Bon appétit — enjoy your meal!Source & licence
This recipe was adapted and reformatted from Wikibooks Cookbook . Text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Image: CC BY-SA 3.0, credited to Dreamyshade; view original image record .
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