Letter A – What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Simple Sensations: 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.
This makes the mouth water!… Is it better to try it with new potatoes?…
Thanks for sharing ❤ 🙂
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I prefer a russet or baking potato because the slices are bigger. I typically use new potatoes in salads and for roasting. Let me know if you try it, though. 🌿
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I will, thanks for the tips! 🙂
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Always! 🍓
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Yum I love potatoes gratin. Definitely all three cheeses should be used!
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I know, right! Is there such a thing as a “cheeseaholic”? lol 🧀
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Mmmm, love these kind of potatoes Gail!
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Thanks, Kathryn. I’m craving a street taco about now! 🌮
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😀
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ahhh this looks too delicious. I probably shouldn’t be looking at it while fasting, it got my mouth watery!! yum yum
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One taste. That’s all. One taste. 😍
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My family’s all-time favorite way to prepare potatoes – like you said, cheese, cream, with potatoes thrown in – what could be better? Yummmmm!!
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You get me, Laura. 🍓
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