Southwestern Potato Gratin

photo by iris5555



- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 4 large poblano chiles
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 1⁄2 lbs yukon gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/8- inch slices
- salt and pepper
- 3⁄4 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped, fresh (plus extra for garnish)
- 2 cups chicken broth (preferably homemade or at least low sodium)
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 1⁄2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded (about 6 ounces)
- 1⁄2 cup queso anejo, crumbled (or Romano cheese)
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Char chiles over gas flame or in a broiler until blackened on all sides. Enclose in paper bag and let stand 10 minutes. Peel, seed and chop chiles.
- Butter a 13-inch-by-9-inch-by- 2-inch glass baking dish. Sprinkle garlic over bottom of dish.
- Arrange 1/4 of the potatoes in the dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then 1/3 of the chiles and 1/3 of the cilantro. Repeat layering of potatoes, chiles and cilantro, 2 more times, seasoning with salt and pepper. Top with any remaining potatoes.
- Pour broth over, then cream. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cover dish with aluminum foil. Bake until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Uncover, sprinkle cheeses over the potatoes and continue baking until liquid thickens, about 15 minutes.
- Cool slightly. Sprinkle with cilantro. Serve and enjoy.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Kate
Annapolis, 60
<p>I have always loved to cook. When I was little, I cooked with my Grandmother who had endless patience and extraordinary skill as a baker. And I cooked with my Mother, who had a set repertoire, but taught me many basics. Then I spent a summer with a French cousin who opened up a whole new world of cooking. And I grew up in New York City, which meant that I was surrounded by all varieties of wonderful food, from great bagels and white fish to all the wonders of Chinatown and Little Italy, from German to Spanish to Mexican to Puerto Rican to Cuban, not to mention Cuban-Chinese. And my parents loved good food, so I grew up eating things like roasted peppers, anchovies, cheeses, charcuterie, as well as burgers and the like. In my own cooking I try to use organics as much as possible; I never use canned soup or cake mix and, other than a cheese steak if I'm in Philly or pizza by the slice in New York, I don't eat fast food. So, while I think I eat and cook just about everything, I do have friends who think I'm picky--just because the only thing I've ever had from McDonald's is a diet Coke (and maybe a frie or two). I have collected literally hundreds of recipes, clipped from the Times or magazines, copied down from friends, cajoled out of restaurant chefs. Little by little, I am pulling out the ones I've made and loved and posting them here. Maybe someday, every drawer in my apartment won't crammed with recipes. (Of course, I'll always have those shelves crammed with cookbooks.) I'm still amazed and delighted by the friendliness and the incredible knowledge of the people here. 'Zaar has been a wonderful discovery for me.</p>