Creamy Potato Gratin

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"I love serving this with baked pork chops. Make sure to use freshly grated Romano cheese. This is a great side dish for a romantic dinner for two."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 1⁄2 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
• 1 cup heavy cream (or whipping cream)
• 1 lb yukon gold potato, peeled, thinly sliced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1⁄4 cup freshly grated romano cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees; butter a 1 1/2 quart gratin dish.
2. In large skillet, melt butter over medium high heat.
3. Reduce heat to medium; add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes, or until golden.
4. Stir in thyme.
5. Remove skillet from heat, set aside.
6. In medium saucepan, bring cream to boil.
7. Stir in potatoes and cook 5 minutes, or until potatoes are just tender.
8. Stir in salt and pepper.
9. With slotted spoon, alternately layer potatoes, onion mixture and cheese in prepared dish.
10. Drizzle any remaining cream mixture from pan over gratin.
11. Bake 35-40 minutes, or until top is golden brown.

Reviews

[*Parsley*]

The sauteed onions and thyme really added a great flavor to these potatoes. These are company-worthy for sure. I made this as written but doubled the cheese. I'll make these again. Thanx!

 

[Chef Joey Z.]

I made these today and they were delicious. I substituted the heavy cream for soy silk creamer and the romano for soft feta. I will make this again.

 

[Hill Family]

We really liked these potatoes. They had great flavor. I added 3 galic cloves minced and some parsley for a bit of color and subbed parm cheese for romano, but other then that made as directed. Yummy!!

 

[Galley Wench]

I decided to try a different preparation method with this dish and it turned out great. . . no separation of the cream and the flavors were wonderful. Instead of sauting the onions in butter, I cooked them together with the potatoes, fresh thyme and a clove of garlic (crushed) in half-and-half (substituted for cream). Then poured the mixtue in a baking dish that had been rubbed with garlic and sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Dotted the butter on the top and baked for 45 minutes, then sprinkled the cheese on top and baked an addtional 30 minutes. Browned to nice crunchy topping with no separation. Thanks for a great, and simple recipe.

 

[PanNan]

The flavor was great. Everyone liked these creamy pototoes. The cream did separate, which affected the appearance more than the taste. Thanks for posting a winner.