No cheese, whatever anyone says
90 minutes · serves 6 · Easy
What you need
- 1.2kg waxy potatoes
- 500ml double cream
- 200ml milk
- 3 garlic cloves
- Nutmeg
- Butter for the dish
What you do
- 1Slice the potatoes 3mm on a mandolin and do not rinse them. The starch is what thickens the cream.
- 2Rub the dish hard with a cut garlic clove and butter it.
- 3Simmer the cream, milk, crushed garlic, nutmeg and plenty of salt, then add the potato slices and cook them in it for 10 minutes, stirring gently.
- 4Tip the whole lot into the dish and press flat.
- 5Bake at 160C for 60 minutes. A knife should go through without resistance. Rest 15 minutes before serving or it runs.
