What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? A Second Helping of Au Gratin Potatoes! How’s this for comfort food? Butter, cream, and cheese……with potatoes thrown in. Can you say creamy and luscious three times very fast???
AU GRATIN POTATOES
Ingredients:
6 medium potatoes
1 clove garlic
1 sweet onion, sliced thin
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup half & half cream
2 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese*
Sea salt and pepper to taste.
* Gruyere or Provolone or all three may be combined.
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400°. Lightly rub garlic all over a 9×13 baking dish. Butter dish then set aside unused portion of butter. Peel and slice potatoes. Hold in a bowl of cold water until ready to use. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until cooked. Divide drained potatoes, cooked onion, and shredded cheese into three layers in baking dish, reserving last third of cheese until the final 5 minutes of baking. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat remaining butter with cream until the butter is melted and the cream is hot. Pour evenly over the top of the casserole. Bake for 45-50 minutes until the top is browned, the cream has been absorbed, and the potatoes are soft.
I like those forks 🙂
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Thanks. I have fun with my “talking” flatwear and old garage sale finds. 🙂
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Rubbing garlic on the pan is genius! And you don’t have to precook the potatoes? Where has this recipe been all my life?
Melinda
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My momma taught me. 🙂
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ahhhh. recipe sounds fiendishly rich! drooling!!!!!
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It’s all about portion control. :). I heard once, the French allow themselves three bites of everything and then stop. lol
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Can’t wait to try this!
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Let me know what you think. I appreciate you stopping by my blog.
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A wonderful recipe…the combination of the ingredients used is really great…Thanks for bringing this to my contest. ..Atb Gail😊
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Everything taste better with butter. 🍓
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