Creamy potato & shallot gratin

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• sandra

  07 January 2011

  sandra commented on this recipe

  made for christmas day, so good made for a dinner party new years eve will use again many times

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• Froggy

  08 January 2011

  Froggy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made it for Christmas lunch and again few days later as everybody loved it. I cut down on the shallots and double cream a tad. A winner.

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• carolineg

  10 January 2011

  carolineg rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Used this for Christmas Eve dinner with ginger glazed ham, home made pork pie and salads. Not a scrap was left. Made it again 3 days later but extended it by adding leftover turkey, ham and a little haggis stuffing. Also added extra potatoes, etc, but it was a great leftover supper dish for hungry guys! A firm favourite in this house and I am also keen to try to shallot and cream mix with other things, including chicken and suggest it would be a great, if rich, pasta sauce for a real treat.

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• Sarahs

  16 January 2011

  Sarahs rated and commented on this recipe

  

  We made this for Christmas, preparing it the day before. We had it with the nut roast in the Good Food veggie mag, the rosemary roast potatoes and sprouts with chestnuts (from the same mag as this!Good Food helped me loads this Christmas: the first time I'd cooked Xmas dinner!). Lovely and easy to make and very rich, you only need a little of this! Polished it off on Boxing Day though!

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• Belkey

  12 March 2011

  Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really enjoyed this, despite the fact that I forgot to put the thyme in! I halved the recipe and only used 150ml cream, substituting the rest of the liquid for veggie stock.

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• BaronessBelle

  21 June 2011

  BaronessBelle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really delicious, will certainly make again!

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• Beppie1

  12 July 2011

  Beppie1 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  a little greasy, tried again with single cream and milk with good results though.

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• Sarah's

  04 November 2012

  Sarah's commented on this recipe

  Really easy and tasty. I used 300ml cream and 200ml milk, and it was still really thick and creamy. Just put it in the oven and left it to cook, looked great. Will definitely make again, and maybe tinker with the flavour i.e. garlic, bacon etc.

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• julia

  25 November 2012

  julia commented on this recipe

  Does this dish or other dauphinoise dishes freeze well?

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Ingredients

• 25g butter
• 400g shallots , thinly sliced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp thyme leaves
• 500ml double cream
• grated nutmeg , to season
• small pinch cayenne powder
• 1kg Desirée potatoes , peeled and thinly sliced

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Serves 8

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Prep 25 mins

Cook 1 hr

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Ingredients

• 25g butter
• 400g shallots , thinly sliced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp thyme leaves
• 500ml double cream
• grated nutmeg , to season
• small pinch cayenne powder
• 1kg Desirée potatoes , peeled and thinly sliced

PER SERVING

438 kcalories, protein 5.0g, carbohydrate 24.0g, fat 37.0 g, saturated fat 21.0g, fibre 2.0g, sugar 4.0g, salt 0.11 g

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