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Gratin Dauphinois

This recipe is a bit sensitive for people from Dauphiné (a French area around the city of Grenoble), many of them are sure to have the "true" recipe. Here is the version of the famous French chef Michel Guérard. The most interesting thing about gratin Dauphinois, is that it has a delicate hint of cheesy flavour, without cheese in it.

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Last modified on: August 13^th 2016

For 6 people, you will need:

1 1 kg potatoes
2 300 ml whole milk
3 300 ml cream
4 ½ garlic clove
5 1 pinch grated nutmeg
6 a little butter
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,605 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
23 min.	40 min.	1 hour 3 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 15 min.

Peel and wash 1 kg potatoes, slice and don't wash again because the starch on cut potatoes is important for a smooth texture.

Salt and pepper, and mix with your hand.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Put potatoes in a pan, add 300 ml whole milk and bring to boil.

As soon as it boils, turn down heat and cook for 10 minutes.r

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 300 ml cream, 1 pinch grated nutmeg and chopped ½ garlic clove.

Stage 4 - 20 min.

Continue cooking on low heat for 20 minutes, stiring from time to time to prevent potatoes from sticking on bottom of pan.

Preheat oven to 356°F (180°C).

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Drain potatoes, and keep cooking cream.

Divide potatoes between ramekins, distribute cooking cream on top, and add some small pieces of butter.

Stage 6 - 10 min.

Put ramekins in a big dish or tin, filled to half the height with hot water, and cook in the oven for about 10 minutes.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

You can finish with a short time under the grill to brown the top.

Remarks

Gratin dauphinois is excellent with a red meat. It's also an excellent family Sunday evening recipe.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,949 Kcal or 8,160 Kj	44 gr	214 gr	102 gr
97 %	17 %	20 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
121 Kcal or 507 Kj	3 gr	13 gr	6 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
325 Kcal or 1,361 Kj	7 gr	36 gr	17 gr
16 %	3 %	3 %	3 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 2.56 €
Per person : 0.43 €

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Source

Michel Guérard, via Dominique.

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	Grated nutmeg: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato gratin, Pasta with green asparagus, Ramekins of duchess potatoes, New York style pasta, Foie gras cured in salt, ... All

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It's still a great pleasure Louise !
Posted by jh december 1^st 2008 at 09:25 (n° 2)
I'm delighted to get your recipe updates in my email J.H. Thank you so much for sharing, Louise
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