Smoky potato and potimarron gratin
This gratin has an unusual twist: it not only combines potatoes with potimarron, the potatoes are boiled in the water left after cooking a Morteau sausage, to give a lovely smoky flavour. Guaranteed to transport your tastebuds to eastern France!
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Last modified on: March 13th 2019
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
750 g potatoes - 2
750 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) - 3
1 litre whole milk - 4
30 g butter - 5
250 ml liquid cream - 6
100 g grated cheese - 7 30 g grated cheese (optional)
- Total weight: 2,660 grams
How long does it take?
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 55 min. | 1 hour 15 min. | 2 hours 10 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
For this recipe, you will need the cooking water left after boiling a Morteau sausage (or other smoked sausage) for an earlier recipe.If you don't have any, use chicken stock instead.
Stage 2
15 min.
Stage 3
25 min.
Add enough smoky cooking water to cover and boil until barely tender.Stage 4
5 min.
Drain thoroughly.Stage 5
15 min.
Prepare 750 g potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin), cut into small pieces and put in a large saucepan.Stage 6
1 min.
Add milk to just cover.Stage 7
20 min.
Cook until barely tender.Stage 8
5 min.
Drain thoroughly.Stage 9
2 min.
Stage 10
4 min.
Spread the potatoes and potimarron in the dish.Stage 11
3 min.
Stage 12
5 min.
Pour this mixture over the vegetables and finish with a little grated cheese so that the top browns nicely.Stage 13
30 min. Bake for about 30 minutes. Take out of the oven as soon as the top is nicely browned.Remarks
It you have just cooked the sausage that day, you can include some in your gratin for extra smoky flavour.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
For 4 people : 5.56 €
Per person : 1.39 €
Source: Home made.
More recipes?
This recipe use (among others) | Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Cannelés, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Fresh mint ice-cream, Pain perdu, ... All |
| Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron braised in meat jus, Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Potimarron and celeriac autumn soup, Taos hotpot, Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup, ... All |
| Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato purée , Valay salad, Express sauerkraut, Maroilles cheese quiche, Alsatian-style salad, ... All |
| Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Filet mignon with mustard and tarragon sauce, Apricot fool, Creamy risotto with vegetables , Endive and beer soup, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, ... All |
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