Potatoes Au Gratin Deluxe Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in cheese until melted. Add potatoes and onion., Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake 1 hour. Uncover; bake 30-40 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. If desired, top with additional pepper.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a medium casserole dish.
• Layer 1/2 of the potatoes into bottom of the prepared casserole dish. Top with the onion slices, and add the remaining potatoes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Mix in the flour and salt, and stir constantly with a whisk for one minute. Stir in milk. Cook until mixture has thickened. Stir in cheese all at once, and continue stirring until melted, about 30 to 60 seconds. Pour cheese over the potatoes, and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Seasoning each layer with salt and pepper as you go, layer the potatoes in a 10- or 12-inch ovenproof skillet.
• Dot the top with 2 tablespoons butter. Pour in half-and-half. (It should come about 3/4 of the way to the top.)
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce to low and cook for 10 minutes, uncovered, until the half-and-half has reduced by about half.
• Transfer to the oven and bake until the top is golden brown, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 300 degrees and cook until the potatoes are fork tender and the top is nicely browned, about 8 minutes more. Top with grated cheese and return to the oven until the cheese is melty and golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with a pinch of nutmeg, if using, and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a large baking dish with the butter.
• Slice the potatoes into sticks, and then cut the sticks to create a dice.
• Combine the cream and milk in a bowl. Add the flour, salt and some pepper. Whisk it together well so that the flour is incorporated into the milk/cream mixture. Add the diced potatoes to the prepared baking dish and pour the creamy mixture all over the top.
• Cover the dish with foil and bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake 15 to 20 minutes more. Just before serving, sprinkle on the grated cheese and return it to the oven until the cheese is melted and bubbly, 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle on the green onions and serve it hot. Creamy, dreamy and divine.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 F or 200 degrees C.
• Peel the potatoes and slice thinly.
• Wash the starch off them and then pat dry in a cloth.
• Trim the leeks, discarding the coarse green ends, then slice thinly.
• Butter a gratin dish and put in half the potatoes and top with all the leeks.
• Cut the bacon into strips, fry until crisp, and then put the bacon over the leeks.
• Briefly fry the sage leaves in the leftover bacon fat until browned and crisp.
• Scatter over the leeks, along with the bacon fat.
• Grate the cheese directly over the top of the dish and then cover with the rest of the potatoes.
• Heat the stock and pour it over the potatoes until it reaches the top layer, but do not submerge them.
• Season with salt and pepper and dot with most of the remaining butter.
• Smear the last of the butter on a sheet of waxed paper and lay it, buttered side down, on top of the dish.
• Cook for 45 minutes.
• Remove and check with a skewer that the potatoes are nearly cooked.
• Mix the mustard with the creme fraiche and pour it over the gratin, smoothing with a rubber spatula to spread it evenly.
• Place the dish back in the oven without the paper for a further 15 minutes or until it is golden, bubbling and cooked through.
• Serve immediately.