📋Quick Easy French Potatoes Au Gratin (Dauphinois)
Gratin dauphinoise is my favorite French comfort food, creamy potatoes topped with grilled gruyère cheese. To save time, I make it in the microwave. You can prepare it earlier and grill it just before serving it.
Peel and clean the potatoes and the onion and cut them into thin slices, best with an electric slicer.
4 medium charlotte Potatoes, 1 onion
Rub the garlic clove inside a baking dish that can be used in a microwave and butter abundantly.
1 peeled garlic cloves
Layer the potatoes and the onion, seasoning with salt and pepper and sprinkling with sage, thyme and some cheese.
1 teaspoon thyme, 1 teaspoon minced sage leaves, salt & pepper, 1 cup grated gruyere cheese
Keep adding layers until you reach the top.
Pour over the milk and the cream which have been flavoured with some nutmeg.
½ cup skimmed milk, ¼ cup liquid cream, 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
Cook in the microwave at the highest level for 15 minutes (for a larger quantity you will need to increase to 20 minutes). Let it rest for 5 more minutes in the microwave once it is done.
Add the remaining gruyere cheese generously to cover the potatoes, and grill it in the oven.
1 cup grated gruyere cheese
Serve warm
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Notes
Cut the onions and the potatoes into thin slices, best with an electric slicer
Use exactly the amount of milk and cream from the recipe
Cook in the microwave at the highest level for exactly 15 minutes
Put a baking tray under the gratin to collect any possible spill of cream and milk