Elegant Au Gratin Potatoes
Thinly sliced potatoes layered with Parmesan cheese and cooked in cream.
servings: 6
total time: 2 hours 30 minutes
recipe by: Rae
Ingredients
- Unsalted, butter
- 2 lb Russet Potatoes, peeled
- 4 eggs, scrambled
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1/8 tsp Thyme leaves, dried
- 1 tsp Kosher Salt
- pinch White pepper
- pinch Nutmeg
- pinch Cayenne Pepper
- 1/2 cup Parmesan, grated
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Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Butter a glass 8x8-inch pan and set on a baking sheet
- Make a custard mixture by whisking the eggs,cream, thyme, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne together
- Set up and an assembly line with all your ingredients on the counter: cutting board with peeled potatoes, knife or mandolin, salt and pepper, Parmesan cheese, buttered dish
- Slice one potato as thinly as possible (you must work kinda quickly so the potatoes do not brown) . Shingle, but barely overlap the potatoes in a single layer. Sprinkle the first layer with salt and pepper. Shingle, but barely overlap the potatoes in a single layer. Sprinkle the next layer with Parmesan cheese. Repeat this, slicing potatoes as needed
- After you have layered all the potatoes, seasoning every other layer with s & p and the alternate layers with Parmesan pour the custard mix over the top
- Slide you fingers down the sides of the pan and shuffle the layers so the custard fills in a little
- Cover with foil making an air tight seal
- Place in the center of the oven and bake 1 1/2 - 2 hours depending on how thick the potatoes were cut. Test the tenderness by piercing with a fork in the center
- You can top with a sprinkling of cheese and brown under the broiler for a traditional appearance
- Allow to sit 20 minutes and then they can be cut or scooped for serving
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