Potatoes and cream
This dish is a perfect addition to a vegetarian meal, but is equally good with a piece of steak.
Serves 3
Ingredients
6 large potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced.
1 small onion, finely chopped.
1 handful of cheddar cheese.
Approximately 500ml of fresh cream.
5 large cloves of garlic, sliced.
Salt and pepper to taste.
1 small knob of butter.
Method
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees centigrade (360 degrees farenheit).
- Boil the sliced potatoes until they are almost soft enough to mash.
- Drain the potatoes and let them cool in a colander.
- Fry the onion (in the butter) lightly in a deep saucepan. (Make sure the saucepan is one which you can put in the oven. i.e. no plastic handles!)
- Stir in the garlic and fry for about a minute more.
- Add the potatoes, immediately followed by the cream.
- Simmer for 5-10 minutes. This should cause the cream to reduce, and become thicker.
- Once the cream has become substantially thicker and less in volume, place the entire saucepan in the preheated oven.
- Leave the dish in the oven for about 20 minutes. The potatoes should be beautifully soft before you continue.
- Remove the dish from the oven, and sprinkle the top with cheese.
- Place the dish under a grill. This should cause the cheese to melt and eventually become nice and crispy.
Serving Method
- Allow to cool for a short while before serving! This dish could cause severe damage to your taste buds if you don't!
- Perfect to bulk up any vegetable or meat based meal.
ENJOY!!!