Potato & leek gratin

Potato & leek gratin

A creamy supper dish that's cooked in one pot, and is easily made vegetarian

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook min 1 hr 20 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Can be vegetarian

Method

  1. Pour the stock, cream and milk into a small saucepan, add the garlic and bay leaf and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, cover and let the flavours infuse while you get on with the rest of the dish.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C. Butter a 2 litre gratin dish well. Mix the potatoes, leeks and ham together in the dish, and spread out in an even layer. Pour over the stock mixture and tuck the bay leaf in the middle. Season and sprinkle with the cheese.
  3. Stand the dish on a baking tray to catch any spills. Loosely cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Test the potatoes with a knife - they should be just beginning to soften. Remove the foil and bake for another 35-45 minutes, spooning some of the stock mixture over every now and again until the potatoes are tender. Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
Try

Make it veggie

Take out the ham, and use a vegetable stock instead.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2003 .

Per serving

486 kcalories, protein 21g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 28 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 4g, salt 1.95 g

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  • 17 November 2007

    julie commented on this recipe

    very tasty alongside chicken or pork chop.

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  • 15 June 2008

    Krellboyne commented on this recipe

    I made this today. I must be doing something wrong because the leeks tasted very bitter.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook min 1 hr 20 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Can be vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 125ml stock (made with a cube - whatever you've got)
  • carton double cream
  • 150ml milk
  • 1 garlic clove , crushed
  • 1 bay leaf
  • a knob of butter butter , for greasing
  • 800g potatoes , peeled and thinly sliced
  • 2 leeks , washed and thinly slliced
  • 175g sliced ham , chopped
  • 85g cheddar , grated
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Per serving

486 kcalories, protein 21g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 28 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 4g, salt 1.95 g

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