Loaf Pan Dinners · Number 6

Potato Gratin

  • Two ingredients
One modest square of creamy potato gratin lifted onto one ordinary dinner plate, browned edges and soft layered slices, a single fork beside, the loaf pan behind, eater's angle
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You need

Good to know: One supper each, one loaf pan; salt, pepper, oil, water and butter are free.

What to do

  1. Oven 375°F.
  2. Butter the pan.
  3. Slice the peeled potatoes coin-thin; layer in overlapping rows, salting each.
  4. Pour in all the cream.
  5. Bake covered with foil 30 min, then uncovered 30 min, until a knife slides through every layer.
  6. Settle 10 min.

Adapted from a recipe by Williams Sonoma.

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