Goat cheese potato gratin
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4.9
Goat cheese potato gratin
Description
Goat cheese potato gratin highlights thin slices of Yukon Gold potatoes arranged in a baking dish with small gaps to allow even sauce distribution. The sauce combines milk, heavy cream, goat cheese, garlic cloves, an egg, salt, and freshly ground black pepper. The mixing process ensures the garlic is blended while preserving the cream's texture for optimal sauce permeation.
Baked at 375°F until golden, the gratin becomes tender with a rich creamy consistency. A topping of crumbled goat cheese and fresh herbs like thyme, oregano, and rosemary is added before broiling briefly to develop a browned, flavorful crust.
The gratin should cool for about 10 minutes before serving to let the sauce set slightly. The dish presents a creamy, slightly tangy profile from the goat cheese balanced by the mellow flavor of Yukon Gold potatoes and fragrant herbs.
Ingredients
- 8 Yukon Gold potatoes sliced thinly, small to medium sized
- 1 cup milk whole
- 1 cup goat cheese crumbled, including ¾ cup for topping
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup heavy cream
- black pepper fresh ground
- thyme oregano and rosemary, fresh herbs
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375° F.
- Arrange potato slices in a 8×15 baking pan or in small gratin dishes, arrange the slices in a way that small spaces are left (to allow the sauce to distribute evenly).
- Combine the milk, 1 cup of goat cheese, whole garlic cloves, egg, and salt in a blender and mix until all the ingredients are well combined.
- Add the heavy cream to the blended mix and stir lightly, don’t blend the cream or the sauce will become too thick, which keeps the sauce from seeping between the potatoes.
- Pour the sauce over the potatoes, it should barely cover them but should seep through the layered potato slices.
- Bake for about 30-40 minutes, until the top begins to golden.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle with remaining crumbled goat cheese, ground pepper and fresh herbs.
- Turn the broiler on and return pan to oven, broil for about 5 minutes or until goat cheese begin to brown.
- Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving to allow the sauce to solidify.
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4.9
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