Dauphinois Pototoes ??

DSmiffy

Hi, I had Dauphinois Pototaes at a restaurant the other week and they were gorgeous. I want to recreate the receipe, does anyone know how to make it. I know it's potatoes, cheese, milk, but how much and what else?

If anyone knows that would be great, I would like to make them tonight to go with some fab sauasages I have.
Thanks

squeaky

There's a nice looking recipe on Saint Delia's site


Dauphinois Potatoes

Pink.

My family love these. There's a recipe here that might help.

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Allexie

squeaky wrote:

There's a nice looking recipe on Saint Delia's site


Dauphinois Potatoes

Ooooh nooooo...for once I disagree with St Delia :eek:

She says no cheese!!!!!!!

This is my M& S recipe and it's so good I have been known to have it as my main course on Chrissie Day. I've tried it with other types of cheese and I find nothing works as well as Gruyere.

Gratin Dauphinois

1 oz butter
2 lb pots, peeled and thinly sliced into rings
1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
1/2 lb Gruyere cheese, grated
salt and fresh ground black pepper
1/4 pint double cream

Brush base and sides of a souffle-type dish with butter. Layer potato slices, overlapping, in the bottom. Dot with butter and sprinkle with some of the onion and cheese. Add s & p. Pour over about 1/4 of the cream. Continue with the layers til all the ingredients are used up, finishing with a layer of cheese, and pouring the remaining cream over the top. Cover with buttered foil and bake in a mod hot oven (190C, 375F or Gas 5) until the pots are tender when pierced with a skewer. Remove foil and transfer the dish to a pre-heated hot grill and brown for 5 mins or so until the top layer of cheese is bubbling.

AnnieMD

The above recipe is lovely!

If you haven't any cheese, then instead of cream and cheese you can use soured cream. It gives still gives a cheesy flavour but you won't get that fab gooeyness of the gruyere.

I sometimes change the recipe by using cheddar and milk (or cream if I have it) and adding chopped bacon. Served with baked beans it's pretty scrummy and cheap too!

DSmiffy

So is it ok to use just milk and cheddar cheese and NO CREAM, or I will have to nip to the shops ?

Pink.

I have used just milk when I haven't had cream, but they do taste better made with cream.

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SkippyB

Hi, Heres a quick, cheap and simple way of doing it!

Slice potatos and line a ceramic oven dish with them in 2 layers, pour in milk and just about cover them. Sprinkle pepper and garlic powder over the top. Cook until top layer begin to look brown.

Voila......

arkonite_babe

I use a mandolin to slice the potatoes thinly as I think they cook better this way, if you haven't got a mandolin to do this use your potato peeler to do this instead.

Yummy!

DSmiffy

Thanks everyone, just made them with the milk and grated cheddar and came out fine. Not as good as with Gruyere cheese and cream but I'll try that next time. thanks for all the help!! :T