Potato gratin
This classic French recipe is made with sliced potatoes baked in milk and browned on top.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 6 people, you will need:
- 1 : 1 kg potatoes
- 2 : 1 litre milk
- 3 : 1 Bouquet garni
- 4 : 1 knob butter
- 5 : 1 garlic clove
- 6 : 300 ml cream
- 7 : 100 g Comté cheese
- 8 : fine (or table) salt
- 9 : pepper
- 10 : 2 pinches grated nutmeg
- Total weight: 2,155 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 47 min. | 1 hour | 1 hour 47 min. |
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Step by step recipe
| 1 |  | Peel and wash 1 kg potatoes, cut into even slices. Wash again, drain, and dry in a tea-towel. |
30 min. |
| 2 |  | Put the potato slices in a pan, cover with 1 litre milk, add salt, 2 pinches grated nutmeg and 1 Bouquet garni. Cook until potatoes are just tender but not soft. Then drain potatoes, discard milk and bouquet garni. The milk is not used any more in this recipe. |
30 min. |
| 3 |  | Preheat oven to 200°C or 392°F. Rub 1 garlic clove all around the inside of your dish. |
1 min. |
| 4 |  | Grease the dish with 1 knob butter. | 1 min. |
| 5 |  | Mix 100 g Comté cheese and 300 ml cream. | 3 min. |
| 6 |  | Put half the potato slices in the dish in an even layer. | 3 min. |
| 7 |  | Pour in half the cheese-cream mixture. Salt & pepper. | 3 min. |
| 8 |  | Add remaining potato slices in another layer. | 3 min. |
| 9 |  | Pour over the remaining cheese-cream mixture. Salt & pepper again. | 3 min. |
| 10 |  | Put in the oven for about 30 minutes... | 30 min. |
| 11 |  | ...until it's golden brown. It's ready! |
Remarks
All the proportions (cream, cheese, potatoes) can be adapted to your taste. You should take care to cook the potatoes in the milk until only barely done, then drain them well.
Nutritional information
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How much will it cost?
For 6 people : 4.57 €
Per person : 0.76 €
Source: From Joël Robuchon.
More recipes?
This recipe use (among others) | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Home-made potato crisps , Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Big knife-cut chips (French fries) , Gratin Dauphinois, Fisherman's Ragout, ... All |
 | Milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate eclairs, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine , Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , Flognarde, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cream sauce with Vin Jaune, Pasta with green asparagus, Quartet of brassicas with cream , Courgette tart with mint, Individual creamy endive gratins, ... All |
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgettes (zuchinis) , Involtinis, Cubed salad, Triple-Cheese Pumpkin Gratin, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, ... All |
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