Gratin Dauphinois

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 large potatoes, peeled and sliced about an eighth of an inch thick (about four)
• 3 large garlic cloves
• 8 ounces gruyere cheese, shredded
• 1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese
• 1 pint whipping cream
• 2 egg yolks
• salt
• pepper
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 crush the garlic cloves, and use them to wipe the inside of a 12-by-8-inch glass baking dish. discard what's left of the garlic.
• 3 layer the potato slices all the way across the bottom of the dish, sprinkling the cheeses and a little salt and pepper(to taste) between the layers.
• 4 beat the egg yolks and mix them into the whipping cream. pour the mixture over the potatoes. it should come up about two-third of the way to the top. cover with aluminum foil, and bake in the oven for an hour and 15 minutes.
• 5 remove the foil. combine the bread crumbs and the parmesan cheese, and sprinkle in a thin layer over the top of the potatoes. return, uncovered, to the oven. continue baking until the crust browns. (if you have a convection oven, set it to convect.).
• 6 remove from the oven and allow to rest and cool for at least fifteen minutes before serving.