Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe is one of the most delicious and tasty baked potatoes that everyone loves to eat. It's a French dish also famous as Dauphinoise Potatoes make with the layering of russet potatoes with creamy and cheesy sauce. A single bite can make a big difference in taste!
Homemade Au Gratin Potatoes baked with creamy cheese sauce is the best dinner idea to serve as a Side dish.
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What are Potatoes Au Gratin?
It's a classical potato recipe from French cuisine. Gratin is basically a baking technique use to form a light brown crust at the top of the dish or showing sizzling or melted cheese. In culinary techniques, Gratin refers to Gratiner or simply shows the baked top of the dish while the Au Gratins represents scrapings.
Potato Gratin Vs. Scalloped Potatoes
Both dishes are more or less the same but here is the simple difference that makes a big difference in taste.
To make potato gratin, lined up the evenly sliced potatoes in a shallow baking dish and layer them with a creamy and cheesy sauce then bake for an hour. Topped with cheese or breadcrumbs to brown the top of the dish that makes it so tempting.
scalloped potatoes are thick-sliced and bake with garlic, flour, and cream sauce.
How to Choose Potatoes to Make Gratin
Potato makes a big difference in baking. I have tried the dish with different potatoes but the russet potatoes are the most recommended to get the perfect texture of this recipe. It's starchy and people use it for baking and mashing. American Idaho potatoes are the same as Russet potatoes. Alternatively, you can use Yukon Gold. In the UK, you can take Maris Piper or King Edward.
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7 Tips to Make The Best Potato Gratin
Here are a few tips and tricks for beginners trying au gratin at home:
- Best Cheese to Make Gratin: Cheese is important to make a perfect taste in a gratin. Usually, the chef recommends Gruyere which is costly as compared to other cheese stuff. I have switched it with cheddar and mozzarella which is perfect for baking.
- Recommended Dish to Make Gratin: Try to use a shallow baking dish that allows food to cook quickly and brown evenly. 11 x 7-inch baking dish is the preferred one but you can make a choice as per your availability.
- What Potatoes: Use starchy potatoes to make a gratin. It will give you the perfect taste after baking.
- Alternative of Cream: If you are not using cream then take Full-Fat Milk to make gratin sauce.
- Don't over pour the cream sauce over potatoes otherwise, it will be flowier after baking.
- Make sure the potatoes are dried or wet. Avoid placing watery potatoes on the baking dish.
- Wrap the gratin with foil to bake it in the oven. After 01 hours, take it out and topped with mozzarella cheese, and bake it from the upside to create the actual gratin look.
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Potato Gratin Recipe Video
I personally love to make different styles of baked potatoes. Potato gratin stands at number 1 on my list and prefers to make it as a side dish with dinner. You can also make at parties and family get together as a snack. Super easy and delicious to have. Here is a step by step video recipe that you can easily make at home kitchen. So if you are a beginner and looking for how to make au potato gratin then watch this quick recipe tutorial.
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Ingredients
- Potatoes - 3 (Medium Size)
- Butter - 1 Tbsp
- Flour - 1 Tbsp
- Milk - 1 Glass
- Salt - ¼ Tsp
- Black Pepper - ¼ Tsp
- Paprika - ¼ Tsp
- Cream - 1 Tbsp
- Cheese - 1 Cup + Topping
- Parsley for garnish
Method
- Evenly slice russet potatoes.
- Dip in water for 5 minutes then rinse and drain water.
- In the meanwhile, add butter in a heated pan.
- Sauce Preparation: Melt the butter and add all purpose flour and cook for few minutes until the flour becomes aromatic and slightly starts changing color.
- Now pour milk and stir well.
- Season with salt, pepper, and paprika.
- Stir and mix well.
- Now add cheese and stir to make a thick and smooth sauce.
- Set the Baking dish: Layer with potato slices then evenly pour the sauce. Sprinkle cheese.
- Repeat the layering process 2 times.
- Wrap with the baking dish with Aluminum foil.
- Bake in the oven for 1 hour at 220°C or 428°F.
- Now take it out and carefully remove the foil.
- Topped with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake again for 5 minutes to give symbolic gratin color.
- Take it out and enjoy!
The tasty and delicious 'Au Potato Gratin' is ready to serve.
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FAQ's
How to Avoid Potato Gratin Curdle?
Make sure the gratin creamy sauce is thick and smooth in texture. Don't add too much sauce. Well Balanced the sauce with cheese as it's the main reason for curdling. Make sure the potatoes are dried or wet. It should be watery otherwise the curdling effect will be prominent. Keep the right proportion of sauce on potatoes as it will give the best texture after baking. Preheat the oven otherwise the potatoes will release water.
How to Store and Use Gratins?
You can store it for 4 to 5 days in an airtight container. Make sure to refrigerate.
Can I reheat potato gratin?
Yes, you can! Preheat the oven and keep the baking dish for 10 to 15 minutes. If gratin seems dry then add little milk or cheese but this is all optional.
Is Potato Gratin the same as dauphinoise?
More or less the both are the same with little difference as the dauphinoise doesn't contain cheese. Many people use half boiled potatoes to make gratins while in Dauphinoise the potatoes are not precooked.
Why Soak Potatoes?
You can soak potatoes just for 5 to 10 minutes but avoid soaking for a long time as it will release the starch. We need starch in this recipe to make a stack of baked potatoes.
Au Gratin Potatoes
Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe (Dauphinoise)
Equipment
- Shallow baking dish
Materials
- Potatoes - 3 Medium Size
- Butter - 1 Tbsp
- Flour - 1 Tbsp
- Milk - 1 Glass
- Salt - ¼ Tsp
- Black Pepper - ¼ Tsp
- Paprika - ¼ Tsp
- Cream - 1 Tbsp
- Cheese - 1 Cup + Topping
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Evenly slice russet potatoes.
- Dip in water for 5 minutes then rinse and drain water.
- In the meanwhile, add butter in a heated pan.
- Sauce Preparation: Melt the butter and add all purpose flour and cook for few minutes until the flour becomes aromatic and slightly starts changing color.
- Now pour milk and stir well.
- Season with salt, pepper, and paprika.
- Stir and mix well.
- Now add cheese and stir to make a thick and smooth sauce.
- Set the Baking dish: Layer with potato slices then evenly pour the sauce. Sprinkle cheese.
- Repeat the layering process 2 times.
- Wrap with the baking dish with Aluminum foil.
- Bake in the oven for 1 hour at 220°C or 428°F.
- Now take it out and carefully remove the foil.
- Topped with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake again for 5 minutes to give symbolic gratin color.
- Take it out and enjoy!
Notes
- Use starchy potatoes
- Make sure the potatoes are dried before making a layer in the baking dish.
- Don't soak potatoes for too long.
- Use shallow dish for baking
- For the best result, use evenly sliced potatoes.
- Make sure the gratin sauce is thick and smooth otherwise curdling effect will be prominent.
- Preheat the oven for 10 minutes, otherwise, the potatoes will release water.
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