Recipe: Appetizing Potato Gratin

Potato Gratin. Add a green salad and French bread, and you have found the magic path to a man's heart. To avoid lumps in your sauce, add the milk just a little at a time as you stir the flour and butter. Experiment with different cheeses for variety.

Add the nutmeg, a big pinch of salt and some pepper. Peel potatoes, and place in a bowl of water to prevent discoloring. Top with the onion slices, and add the remaining potatoes. You can have Potato Gratin using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Potato Gratin

1. Prepare 500 kg of potatoes.
2. You need 200 ml of creme fraiche.
3. You need 200 ml of milk.
4. Prepare 1 of garlic clove.
5. Prepare of Butter.
6. Prepare of Nutmeg.
7. Prepare of Salt.
8. You need of Pepper.
9. You need of Parmesan.

Season with salt and pepper to taste. In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Mix in the flour and salt, and stir constantly with a whisk for one minute. Smear butter all over inside of dish.

Potato Gratin instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius..
2. Peel and slice potatoes into 1/2 mm slices (best use a slicer)..
3. Peel garlic and cut in half..
4. Take a large and flat oven dish or a clean baking tray and first rub garlic on it, then butter. If you like garlic, slice it and lay it out in the dish..
5. Tile potatoes on the dish like you would panels on a roof. It should only be one layer. Salt the potatoes..
6. Mix creme fraiche and milk. Add salt, nutmeg and pepper. Don't be stingy. Pout mixture into the potatoes. The potatoes shouldn't drown in the mixture..
7. Add parmesan on top..
8. Cook for 25-30 min in the middle of the oven..

Remove from the heat and add the grated Gruyère. Potatoes au Gratin - forget scalloped potatoes, THIS is the creme de la creme of all potato recipes!! Also known as Dauphinoise Potatoes, this French classic is made with layers upon layers of finely sliced potatoes, cream, butter and cheese with a hint of fresh thyme. In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth.