How To Make Gratin Dauphinois

The Gratin Dauphinois is a great classic of French family cooking. It is a dish made with potatoes and fresh cream from the Dauphiné region. According to the recipes handed down from generation to generation, this gratin contains more or less fresh cream, according to the resources of the family.

Ingredients:

* 1kg of potatoes
* 1 clove of garlic
* 40cl liquid cream
* 60cl of milk
* Grated cheese
* 3 pinches of nutmeg
* Salt pepper

Method:

* Preheat to 180 ° C.

* Peel and wash the potatoes. Cut them into thick slices and drain them.

* Place the potato slices in a saucepan. Add milk and cream.

* Bring to a boil. Add salt and pepper. Season with nutmeg.

* Peel the garlic clove by removing the germ. Cut it in half. Rub the cooking dish with the garlic clove.

* Pour the potato slices, milk, and cream into the dish. Sprinkle with grated Gruyere cheese.

* Bake the dauphinois gratin for 1 hour to 1:15 for the potatoes to be melted.

* Remove the gratin when golden brown and serve immediately. This gratin dauphinois marries perfectly with a beautiful roast beef or chicken legs simmered in sauce.

For this gratin dauphinois, you can vary the pleasures by adding onions at the same time as the potatoes. For the last touch, you can beat an egg with a little milk which you will pour on the gratin at the end of cooking. Then refresh for 15 minutes. If the milk boils, lower the oven temperature.

There You Go...!!!