Cheesy Potato Gratin
Creamy and delicious - a family favourite! It is funny when you go to an enormous amount of effort over dinner and then find it is the simplest dish that is the hit!!
Ingredients
- 600 ml thickened cream
- 2 bay leaves
- 1.5 kilos potatoes’ peeled
- sea salt and pepper
- soft butter
- 120 g tasty cheese grated
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 170C.
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Put the cream and bay leaves in a large pot and bring to the boil. Reduce by a third.
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Using a mandolin, slice the potatoes at the thinest setting.
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Add the potatoes into the cream mixture and bring to the boil. Once boiled take the pot off the stove.
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Grease an oven proof dish with the soft butter.
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Pile half of the potatoes and cream into the dish - season generously and cover with half the cheese.
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Top with the rest of the potatoes and cream. Season and top with the remaining cheese.
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Place in the oven and cook for 45 minutes until golden and tender.
