Bourguignon potatoes
Potatoes cooked "bourguignon" (or Burgundy) style is a delicious twist on a classic potato gratin.
The potatoes are cooked in milk, with added flavour from lardons and fried onions. A tasty topping of cream with Époisses cheese is poured over just before the dish goes in the oven.
The potatoes are cooked in milk, with added flavour from lardons and fried onions. A tasty topping of cream with Époisses cheese is poured over just before the dish goes in the oven.
28K 6 4.7
Last modified on: August 12th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 12 people, you will need:
- 1
2 kgs potatoes - 2
2 litres whole milk - 3
2 bayleaves - 4
8 leaves sage - 5
2 cloves garlic - 6
4 onions - 7
400 g small pieces of bacon - 8
2 tablespoons oil - 9
500 ml liquid cream - 10
300 g Époisses - 11
100 g grated cheese - 12
salt - 13
pepper - Total weight: 5,352 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 34 min. | 1 hour 21 min. | 1 hour 55 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Put in a large saucepan, add 2 litres whole milk, 2 bayleaves, 8 leaves sage and 2 cloves garlic.
Salt and pepper.
Salt and pepper.
Stage 3 - 30 min.
Bring to a gentle boil and cook until the potatoes are soft.
Discard the herbs and garlic, then drain, keeping the milk for another savoury recipe (bechamel sauce for example).
Set aside the potatoes.
Discard the herbs and garlic, then drain, keeping the milk for another savoury recipe (bechamel sauce for example).
Set aside the potatoes.
Stage 5 - 8 min.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
When good and hot, add 400 g small pieces of bacon.
Fry, stirring from time to time.
When good and hot, add 400 g small pieces of bacon.
Fry, stirring from time to time.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Add the chopped onions...
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Bring 500 ml liquid cream to the boil in a small pan on medium heat.
Stage 9 - 1 min.
Add 300 g Époisses cut into pieces.
Stage 10 - 5 min.
Stage 11 - 2 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Butter a gratin dish and arrange half the potatoes in an even layer.
Butter a gratin dish and arrange half the potatoes in an even layer.
Stage 12 - 2 min.
Add the bacon and onions.
Stage 13 - 2 min.
Top with the remaining potatoes.
Stage 14 - 2 min.
Pour the cream with Époisses over.
Stage 15 - 2 min.
Finish with 100 g grated cheese...
Stage 16 - 30 min.
...and brown in the oven for about 30 minutes.
Remarks
You can use another cheese of similar style (soft paste and full-flavoured) instead of the Époisses, but replacing it will lose the link to Burgundy.
A bouquet garni will do fine instead of the bayleaf and sage.
A bouquet garni will do fine instead of the bayleaf and sage.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 7,019 Kcal or 29,387 Kj | 255 gr | 510 gr | 438 gr |
| 351 % | 98 % | 48 % | 66 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 131 Kcal or 548 Kj | 5 gr | 10 gr | 8 gr |
| 7 % | 2 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 585 Kcal or 2,449 Kj | 21 gr | 43 gr | 37 gr |
| 29 % | 8 % | 4 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 19.78 €
- Per person : 1.65 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Truffade original, Turnip top soup, Fisherman's Ragout, Taos hotpot, Home-made potato crisps , ... All |
 | Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Real custard sauce (crème anglaise), Parmesan cauliflower cheese, Potimarron and leek soup, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Far Normandy-Brittany, Hearty potato and ham gratin, Framboisier, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Quiche filling mixture, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Langres-style spinach, Dipping bread with cheese, Creamy "terre et mer" pots, Truffade, ... All |
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