Sardine and potato gratin

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 100 g milk
• 2 100 g cream
• 3 2 eggs
• 4 2 shallots
• 5 2 tins sardines in oil
• 6 800 g cooked potatoes
• 7 Oil
• 8 Parsley
• 9 50 g grated cheese
• 10 Salt
• 11 Pepper
• Total weight: 1,200 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	55 min.	1 hour 20 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1:

  Preparing the appareil

  
  Mix 100 g milk, 100 g cream, 2 eggs, salt and pepper in a large bowl.
  Mix with a whisk and set aside.
• 2:

  Preparing the gratin

  
  Prepare and chop 2 shallots.
  Set aside.
• 3: Remove the sardines from the tins and cut into small pieces (you can remove the bones and tails if you prefer).
  Set aside.
• 4: Cut 800 g cooked potatoes into medium-sized pieces.
• 5: Brown them to taste in a large frying pan in a little oil, adding salt at the end.
  Set aside.
• 6: In the same pan, pour 3 tablespoons of oil, and when hot, add the shallots.
  Season with salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  Set aside.
• 7:

  Assembling the gratin

  
  Preheat oven to 200°C (390°F).
  Pour half the potatoes into a buttered gratin dish.
• 8: Pour over the cooked shallots.
• 9: Then the sardines.
• 10: Chopped parsley.
• 11: And finally, the other half of the potatoes.
• 12: Pour in the egg mixture, then sprinkle with 50 g grated cheese.
• 13: Bake at 200°C (390°F) for approximately 30 minutes.

Remarks

You can replace sardines in oil with other fish, fresh, smoked or canned too.

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