Gratin Dauphinois


Gratin is the term used when you compose a dish made of vegetables (most of the time) and then you place it in oven to bake, obtain crispy and golden top layer.

This dish is a specialty of a french region called Dauphin?.

----------------------------------- --------------- --------------

Recipe for 4 Guests.

Ingredients

.8-10 potatoes (about 1kgr)
.25 cl milk
.30 cl fresh cream /fraiche cream
.1 square of butter
.1 onion (slice up)
.20 gr grated cheese
(emmental, mature cheddar...)
.Pinch of Salt & Peper

You will also need
Spatule
Baking plate

Preheat oven to 7 (210* C)

Method:

-Clean then peel potatoes.
-Slice up each potatoe (slice of 3-4mm)
-Rinse slices
-Pour milk into large sauce pan
-Place slices into milk
-Bring slices to the boil for about 10 mins
-Add butter, salt & peper stir lightly with your spatule
-Add cream
-Turn down stove to medium
-From time to time stir lightly mixture to avoid potatoes to attach to bottom of pan

Dress Baking plate with Butter

-Add cream then stir mixture
-Keep mixture on stove about 10 mins
-Remove all mixture from pan

-Dispose carefully into baking plate 1st layer of potatoes slices & then scatter grated cheese over layer
-Dispose another layer & scatter cheese.

*Place baking plate in oven for about 15-20 mins. When Baked turn over to grill in order to obtain crispy layer with golden colour.
*Remove plate from oven.
*Cool down your gratin for a short while.

Ready to Serve! :P

----------------------------------- --------------- -------------

:) This dish goes well with Vegetables,
Fish or Meat (Grilled or Roasted)