Classic Pommes Boulangère - French Gratin Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 lbs potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced. such as desiree, king edwards are the best, although maris pipers are very
• 2 onions, peeled and sliced thinly
• 7 fluid ounces hot stock
• 1 ounce melted butter
• salt
• freshly grated black pepper
• rosemary (optional)
• thyme (optional)

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 150c/300f/gas mark 3.
• 2 butter a large shallow ovenproof dish.
• 3 peel potatoes thinly, do not rinse.
• 4 peel and slice the onions thinly.
• 5 using a mandolin slice if possible,slice the potatoes very thinly, again do not rinse.
• 6 arrange the potatoes over the base of the dish slightly overlapping, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and then add the sliced onions.
• 7 continue until all the potatoes & onions are used up, ending with a potato layer.
• 8 pour over the hot stock.
• 9 brush with the top of the potatoes with the melted butter.
• 10 place the potatoes on the high shelf of the oven for 1 hr to 1 1/2 hrs or until tender and the top layer is a crisp golden brown.
• 11 serve immediately with roasted meats, as an alternative to roast potatoes, or with a pot roast, hot-pot and vegetables.