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Hearty potato and ham gratin

A potato gratin with an original twist: fried diced ham with mustard.

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Last modified on: February 9^th 2022

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 kg potatoes
2 1 sprig rosemary
3 1 litre whole milk
4 300 g ham
5 1 tablespoon lard
6 2 tablespoons French mustard
7 100 g Comté cheese
8 250 ml liquid cream
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 2,445 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
48 min.	1 hour 11 min.	1 hour 59 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

The potatoes

Peel 1 kg potatoes and slice (a mandolin is ideal for this). Rinse and dry the slices.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Put the potatoes into a large pan with 1 sprig rosemary. Salt, pepper and add enough milk to just cover.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Leave to cook on medium heat until the potatoes are tender, then drain.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

The fried ham

Cut 300 g ham into small dice.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Melt 1 tablespoon lard in a small frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the ham.

Stage 6 - 8 min.

Fry until nicely browned, stirring from time to time.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Take off the heat and add 2 tablespoons French mustard. Mix well.

Set aside.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

The gratin sauce

Grate 100 g Comté cheese.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Put 2/3 of the grated Comté into a bowl, add 250 ml liquid cream and mix well.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Assembling the gratin

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter a gratin dish and spread half the potatoes in an even layer.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Add the diced mustard-flavoured ham...

Stage 12 - 3 min.

...then the rest of the potatoes...

Stage 13 - 2 min.

...and pour the gratin sauce over.

Stage 14 - 2 min.

Finish by scattering the remaining Comté on top.

Stage 15 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Remarks

You can use a bouquet garni or a bayleaf instead of the sprig of rosemary in stage 2.

For the ham, the ideal thing is to buy an end of ham from your butcher or deli. If not, ask for a slice about half an inch thick.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,933 Kcal or 12,280 Kj	162 gr	238 gr	148 gr
147 %	62 %	22 %	22 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
120 Kcal or 502 Kj	7 gr	10 gr	6 gr
6 %	3 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
733 Kcal or 3,069 Kj	40 gr	59 gr	37 gr
37 %	16 %	6 %	6 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 6.99 €
Per person : 1.75 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot chocolate, Gnocchi alla romana, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Quiche filling mixture, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Roast in the bag pork with fondant vegetables., Leek and potato soup, Green bean purée, Gratin with Parmesan flavours, Sarladaise potatoes, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur potatoes, Hasselback or "Swedish-style" potatoes, Rice à l'italienne, Mini Mont d'Or fondue with "spuds in blankets", Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Curried mussels with cabbage, Roquefort sauce, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Plum and almond panna cotta, ... All

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