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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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1 hour 50 min. difficulté

Easy

4.60 €

12 people

10 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 2 kgs potatoes
2 2 kgs Milk
3 2 bouquets garni
4 2 knobs butter
5 2 cloves garlic
6 600 g cream
7 200 g Comté cheese
8 fine (or table) salt
9 pepper
10 4 pinches grated nutmeg
Total weight: 4,910 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Cooking: 1 hour

All in all: 1 hour 50 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Peel and wash 2 kgs 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 2 kgs Milk, add salt, 4 pinches grated nutmeg and 2 bouquets 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 2 cloves garlic all around the inside of your dish.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Grease the dish with 2 knobs butter.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Mix 200 g Comté cheese and 600 g 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.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge.

Source: From Joël Robuchon.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	220 RDI=90 %	490 RDI=50 %	360 RDI=50 %	6,050 RDI=300 %	25,340 RDI: 300 %
Per 100 g	4 RDI=2 %	9 RDI=1 %	7 RDI=1 %	120 RDI=6 %	520 RDI: 6 %
Per person	20 RDI=7 %	40 RDI=4 %	30 RDI=5 %	500 RDI=30 %	2,110 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Celery

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 11.55 €
Per person : 1.00 €

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The 1 comment already posted 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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