Potato Gratin
Marked for Revision Yields: tray (20x30x3cm) Cost: $7.47 per tray Difficulty: 7/10
From Dad. Cooked with Mum and Lorenzo and then much later cooked at Eastwood apartment. Takes an enormous amount of time for a side. Turn on top element. For next time: consider removing foil at end to brown the top better.
Ingredients
- Potatoes 1 kg (8 whole)
- Brown onions 1 whole
- Butter 80 grams
- Plain flour 0.5 cups
- Milk 600 ml
- Pizza cheese 0.25 cups
- Dijon mustard 1 tbsp
- Paprika 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Vegetable stock (hot) 1 cup (from 3 cubes)
Steps
- Preheat oven to 230 degrees (fan-forced)
- Slice potato and onion thin and lay across tray in several layers
- Melt butter, then add flour and 50 ml milk at a time while stirring
- Then add mustard, salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes
- Dissolve stock cubes in cup of hot water and pour over potatoes
- Then pour sauce over potatoes, sprinkle with cheese and paprika, cover in foil and bake for 90 minutes
