I love roast potatoes and you’ll always find them on my Christmas table. But, if you’ve got a big crowd for Christmas then this gratin is an exciting and quite luxurious way of serving potatoes. You could either make them instead of, or as well as, your roast potatoes.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Butter the inside of an ovenproof dish, around 30cm x 30cm, and at least 6cms deep.
Pour the milk and cream into a wide pan with the bay leaves and garlic. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently for a minute or two. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper.
Add the potatoes and most of the thyme leaves and stir well. Spoon into the gratin dish and shake to even everything out. Sprinkle with the Parmesan then cover with an oiled piece of foil. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a little olive oil until crispy and golden. Add the remaining thyme and stir in the chestnuts. When your gratin is ready, remove the foil and spoon the bacon and chestnut mixture over the top. Pop it back in the oven for another 10 minutes until gorgeous and crispy on top.
ingredients
• a large knob of butter
• 200ml semi-skimmed milk
• 300ml double cream
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2.5kg potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
• a handful of fresh thyme
• a handful of freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• olive oil
• 6 rashers of streaky bacon, the best quality you can afford, chopped
a handful of vac-packed chestnuts, peeled and crumbled
tried this recipe or a similar one? share your tips...
1. by JADE on Wed 21 Dec 2011 @ 13:35
i love potato gratin i make it with chicken an leek in a nice creamy sauce its delicous but iit doesnt take 30 minutes thank you.
2. by simone on Tue 20 Sep 2011 @ 23:00
my husband couldn't get enough of this when i made it, he totally pigged out on it which is rare for him. Definitely give it 5 stars.
3. by Alex on Thu 15 Sep 2011 @ 17:28
Should be delicious - creams, ovened potato, spices and beacon. <br />
About previous comment - it's not 500 ml of water. Its creams. You should try cream in oven with some beef and vegetables for example - there's nothing left from it's liquid there after 40 mins. <br />
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This recipe looks very similar to popolar in Russia potato mash with beef stuffed. Cooked 1x1 by weight. <br />
Prepare beef stuffed. Onion with garlic chopped roast in pan with oil. At this time you can greatly increase fire under pan and put stuffed beer in pan steering well for 5-10 mins. This way you lose juice, but get some plus to taste.<br />
Boil peeled potato till cooked. Get rid of water after cooked, mash potato with salt, butter 1 tbsp and half cup of milk. You can exchange milk totally with butter but eat this in 1-2 days. <br />
Put half of mashed potato at buttom of dish, putting it evenly and flat. Put all stuffed beef evenly too. Put second half of potato over beef evenly too. Cover everything with thin layer of crushed cheese, and put it in oven for 30-40 mins. <br />
4. by Charles on Thu 25 Aug 2011 @ 12:49
@ Al<br />
Then why are you here? I just cooked on the same recipe and it came out just nice
5. by Christine on Sun 31 Jul 2011 @ 11:29
Delicious! I've tried this and my whole family loved it! Thanks.
6. by Al on Sat 02 Jul 2011 @ 17:24
2.5kg of potatoes for 500ml of liquid: Now I remember why I've never cooked on of your recipes.
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i love potato gratin i make it with chicken an leek in a nice creamy sauce its delicous but iit doesnt take 30 minutes thank you.
my husband couldn't get enough of this when i made it, he totally pigged out on it which is rare for him. Definitely give it 5 stars.
Should be delicious - creams, ovened potato, spices and beacon. <br /> About previous comment - it's not 500 ml of water. Its creams. You should try cream in oven with some beef and vegetables for example - there's nothing left from it's liquid there after 40 mins. <br /> <br /> This recipe looks very similar to popolar in Russia potato mash with beef stuffed. Cooked 1x1 by weight. <br /> Prepare beef stuffed. Onion with garlic chopped roast in pan with oil. At this time you can greatly increase fire under pan and put stuffed beer in pan steering well for 5-10 mins. This way you lose juice, but get some plus to taste.<br /> Boil peeled potato till cooked. Get rid of water after cooked, mash potato with salt, butter 1 tbsp and half cup of milk. You can exchange milk totally with butter but eat this in 1-2 days. <br /> Put half of mashed potato at buttom of dish, putting it evenly and flat. Put all stuffed beef evenly too. Put second half of potato over beef evenly too. Cover everything with thin layer of crushed cheese, and put it in oven for 30-40 mins. <br />
@ Al<br /> Then why are you here? I just cooked on the same recipe and it came out just nice
Delicious! I've tried this and my whole family loved it! Thanks.
2.5kg of potatoes for 500ml of liquid: Now I remember why I've never cooked on of your recipes.