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Name: Potato gratin
Prep time: 47 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 47 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 1 kg potatoes; 1 litre milk; 1 Bouquet garni; 1 knob butter; 1 garlic clove; 300 ml cream; 100 g Comté cheese; fine (or table) salt; pepper; 2 pinches grated nutmeg

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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 21^th 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

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
47 min.	1 hour	1 hour 47 min.

Preservation:

Several days in the fridge.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

30 min.

Peel and wash 1 kg potatoes, cut into even slices.

Wash again, drain, and dry in a tea-towel.

Stage 2

30 min.

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.

Stage 3

1 min.

Preheat oven to 200°C or 392°F.

Rub 1 garlic clove all around the inside of your dish.

Stage 4

1 min.

Grease the dish with 1 knob butter.

Stage 5

3 min.

Mix 100 g Comté cheese and 300 ml cream.

Stage 6

3 min.

Put half the potato slices in the dish in an even layer.

Stage 7

3 min.

Pour in half the cheese-cream mixture. Salt & pepper.

Stage 8

3 min.

Add remaining potato slices in another layer.

Stage 9

3 min.

Pour over the remaining cheese-cream mixture. Salt & pepper again.

Stage 10

30 min.

Put in the oven for about 30 minutes...

Stage 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

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

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 4.57 €
Per person : 0.76 €

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Source

From Joël Robuchon.

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	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piedmont salad, Endive and beer soup, Alsatian-style salad, Pan-fried potatoes, Potatoes with prawns, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and fresh tuna tart, Elsa's Comtoise galette, "Day After Pork Belly" Soup, Cheese tart, Chocolate tart, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Jura bread, Courgettes (zuchinis) , Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Spinach and Comté Loaf, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, ... All

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Your 1 comments or questions on this recipe

An old favorite, this version is beautiful my only addition was to a little grated nutmeg in the cheese and cream sauce and half an onion and bay leaf in the milk I cooked the potato then I discard it along with the milk. Lovely for a special occasion.
Posted by Suzannah february 15^th 2011 at 00:29 (n° 1)

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