Gratin dauphinois

Gratin dauphinois is a French dish of sliced potatoes baked in milk or cream, using the gratin technique, from the Dauphiné region in south-eastern France. There are many variants of the name of the dish, including pommes de terre dauphinoise, potatoes à la dauphinoise and gratin de pommes à la dauphinoise.[1]

Not to be confused with Pommes dauphine.

Gratin dauphinois
Gratin dauphinois
Alternative names
  • pommes de terre dauphinoise
  • potatoes à la dauphinoise
  • gratin de pommes à la dauphinoise
  • dauphinois potatoes
Coursealone or as accompaniment
Place of originFrance
Region or stateDauphiné
Main ingredientspotatoes, milk and cream

History

The first mention of the dish is from 12 July 1788. It was served with ortolans at a dinner given by Charles-Henri, Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre and Lieutenant-general of the Dauphiné, for the municipal officials of the town of Gap, now in the département of Hautes-Alpes.[2]

Preparation

Gratin dauphinois is made with thinly sliced raw potatoes, milk or cream, and sometimes Gruyère cheese cooked in a buttered dish rubbed with garlic. The potatoes are peeled and sliced to the thickness of a coin, usually with a mandoline; they are layered in a shallow earthenware or glass baking dish and cooked in a slow oven; the heat is raised for the last 10 minutes of the cooking time.[3][4]

Some purists insist that a gratin dauphinois must not include cheese, which would make it a gratin savoyard.[5] Nonetheless, recipes given by many chefs including Auguste Escoffier, Austin de Croze, Robert Carrier, and Constance Spry call for cheese and eggs.[3][6][7]

It is distinguished from ordinary gratin potatoes by the use of raw rather than boiled potatoes.[8] It is a quite different dish from pommes dauphine.[3]

See also

References
  1. Prosper Montagné (1977) New Larousse Gastronomique. London; New York; Sydney: Toronto: Hamlyn. ISBN 0 600 36545 X. p. 725.
  2. Claude Muller (2001) Les mystères du Dauphiné (in French). Clermont-Ferrand: Éditions de Borée. ISBN 978-2-84494-086-5. p. 242.
  3. Elizabeth David (1964 [1960]) French Provincial Cooking. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 251–2.
  4. Elizabeth Luard (1986) European Peasant Cookery London: Corgi. p. 337.
  5. Peter Graham, Classic Cheese Cookery, 2008, ISBN 1909808857, s.v. Gratin 'Dauphinois'"
  6. Robert Carrier (1963) Great Dishes of the World. London: Nelson. p. 725.
  7. Constance Spry; Rosemary Hume (1979 [1956]) The Constance Spry Cookery Book. London: Pan Books. p. 207.
  8. Elvia Firuski; Maurice Firuski (eds.) (1952) The Best of Boulestin. London: William Heinemann. p. 249.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.