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Easy Dauphinoise Potatoes

December 15, 2017 by Lois Britton 8 Comments

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Rather than share a Polish recipe today, I’m sharing one I first heard of when we lived in Poland, easy Dauphinoise Potatoes. Living in Poznan exposed us to many things European, and for native English speakers, the easiest to take in are things from Britian. Our Polish cable televsion brought us BBC Europe in our channel lineup. Watching the UK version of Come Dine with Me was the highlight of many an evening at home.

Easy Dauphinoise Potatoes add an elegant touch to any meal!

If you’re not familiar with the program, it consists of four folks, who take turns hosting the other three participants in their home for a dinner party. The three guests score their hosts, and after the final meal, the overall winner is presented with one thousand pounds! We see highligths of them cooking in the kitchen, of the dinner conversation, and interviews in between, where they talk about the meal the night before or the menu they’ve been given for an upcoming meal. The highlight for us is Dave Lamb, an English actor and comedian, who provides voice over commentary, and says all the snarky things that cross my mind as I’m watching and then some.

Watching the show, pointed out differences in British food and American food. There were dishes I’d never heard of, even though I lived in England for a while, way back when. Many of these novel dishes were repeated frequently, sometimes within the same episode. Dauphinoise Potatoes was a dish that appeared with great frequency. (We’ve talked about hosting a dinner party and preparing a menu that would only be the most popular items form Come Dine with Me.) At first glance, I thought Dauphinoise Potatoes are just Scalloped Potatoes or maybe Potatoes au Gratin. For me, the key difference is cooking the sliced potatoes in the cream before moving them to the baking dish with Gruyere cheese. That seems to make a big difference, that and the garlic. Yum.

As they bake in the same cream and milk in which you’ve boiled them with a clove of garlic, the potatoes meld into a thick and rich, mildly cheese casserole. We fixed them a couple of weeks ago when our friend, Mark, was visiting for the weekend. We had them the first night for dinner, and the next two mornings for breakfast. They’re very tasty with a fried egg on top.

Now I’m waiting for my next opportunity to work easy Dauphinoise Potatoes into the menu.

Smacznego!

Lois

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Dauphinoise Potatoes

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  • Author: Polish Housewife
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 45 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 mins
  • Yield: 9 servings
  • Category: Side Dish
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Description

A rich and creamy potato dish


Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter, softened
  • 2 1/2 pounds potatoes
  • 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 4 ounces Gruyere cheese
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg


Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 F
  2. Spread butter across bottom and sides of an 8 inch square baking pan
  3. Peel potatoes and slice 1/8 inch thick
  4. Bring heavy cream, milk, and garlic to a simmer in a large saucepan or Dutch oven
  5. Add potatoes, salt, and pepper and continue to simmer, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender about 20 minutes
  6. Using a slotted spoon, transfer half the potatoes to prepared baking dish and sprinkle with half of the cheese and half of the thyme
  7. Add remaining potatoes to baking dish and pour enough cream mixture over potatoes to just cover
  8. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and thyme
  9. Place on a rimmed baking sheet to catch anything that might boil over and bake until bubbly and golden brown on top, 40 to 45 minutes
  10. Remove from oven and grate nutmeg over top just before serving

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Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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Comments

  1. Sherri Merlo

    December 15, 2017 at 7:25 am

    They sound amazing! !

    Reply
    • polishhousewife

      December 15, 2017 at 3:48 pm

      Incredible, creamy and rich. It would be dangerous to eat them regularly.

      Reply
  2. David

    December 17, 2017 at 9:25 am

    They sound addictive! Yum! (Minus the garlic for me, of course… 😉

    Reply
  3. Nancy Hill

    December 18, 2017 at 8:58 pm

    Will give this recipe to Hubster who does most of the cooking. I love potatoes! He brought an entire recipe book back from Switzerland dedicated to Pomme Rösti. Yum!

    Reply
    • polishhousewife

      December 18, 2017 at 9:53 pm

      Sounds like a great cookbook!

      Reply
  4. Joyce Hansen

    December 19, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    Thank you for sharing this, Lois. I’m always on the lookout for something new and tasty. The idea of a Come Dine with Me dinner is something everyone could do to learn about and share new dishes.

    Reply
  5. Irene McHugh

    December 23, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    Those potatoes look delicious! The best part for me is that I’m not one for cooking complex anything, but these directions sound incredibly manageable. May need to treat Matthew to some potato comfort food with this recipe!

    Reply
    • polishhousewife

      December 23, 2017 at 9:43 pm

      I’m sure Matthew would appreciate it!

      Reply

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