Gratin dauphinois. This dauphinois is topped with Gruyere cheese and baked, making it a gratin dauphinois and extra delicious. The best potatoes to use for a gratin are floury baking potatoes. The softness of these potatoes means they will soak up all the lovely, creamy, garlicky creaminess.
The dish has so many fancy French names: pommes de terre dauphinoise, potatoes à la dauphinoise and gratin de pommes à la dauphinoise.
What does au gratin mean in English?
Gratin Dauphinois is the perfect accompaniment to a roast or roast beef.
You can cook Gratin dauphinois using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Gratin dauphinois
- It's 7 of grosses pommes de terre.
- It's 60 cl of crème semi-épaisse.
- You need 3 cuillères à soupe of lait.
- It's of Sel.
- Prepare of Poivre.
- Prepare 1/2 cuillère à café of muscade.
- You need 1 gousse of d'ail.
- It's 1 cuillère à soupe of d'huile de tournesol.
- Prepare 100 g of lait.
The gratin Dauphinois (potato gratin) is French specialty from the town of Grenoble and it is made out of top quality potatoes thinly sliced evenly (using a mandolin or food processor) garlic and cream. The authentic gratin dauphinois never contains cheese. for optimum result when making it at home it is best cooked in a medium sized dish. My favorite part about gratin dauphinois is the crisp layer on top. I get the same sense of thrill that I do when I break my spoon into the burnt sugar topping of crème brûlée.
Gratin dauphinois step by step
- Hacher la gousse d’ail dans le plat à gratin et verser l’huile de tournesol, puis les étaler dans tout le plat avec la main.
- Après avoir éplucher toutes les pommes de terre et les avoir coupées finement à l’aide d’une mandoline, les placer dans le plat en les superposant comme des écailles de poisson et saler entre chaque étage.
- Dans un bol, quand tous les étages sont faits, verser la crème, le lait, le poivre et la muscade.
- Mélanger puis verser le tout au dessus des pommes de terre pour les recouvrir.
- Enfourner à 200° pendant 45 minutes.
It's the combination of the crispy texture and incredibly cheesy flavor that you get from scooping from that entire layer of gruyere that was placed on top. Gratin dauphinois is the essence of French comfort cooking. It's quick and easy to prepare. The most difficult part is the actual preparation of potatoes but if you have the correct tools, i.e. potato peeler and mandolin, it is a doddle. Prior to starting this recipe, you also need to source the right type of potatoes.
