Oven-baked potato gratin with sour cream and cheddar
Sliced potatoes in a creamy sauce of sour cream and garlic, topped with golden cheddar. A side dish that also works as a main course, served with a salad.
Classic method
Ingredients
- 700 g peeled potatoes (6–7 small potatoes)
- 30 g soft butter
- 100 ml milk
- 300 g Artesana full-fat sour cream
- 30 g flour (2 tbsp)
- 3–5 garlic cloves, to taste
- 150 g grated cheddar
- Celtic sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- 10 g chives or spring onions, to serve
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 200°C, without the fan. Grease a baking dish of about 20 × 25 cm with 10 g of the butter.
- Cut the potatoes into thin slices, 2–3 mm thick, and arrange them in the dish.
- Mix the milk with the flour, then add the sour cream, crushed garlic, salt and pepper. Pour it over the potatoes and dot the rest of the butter on top.
- Cover the dish and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover it and bake for another 20–25 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.
- Sprinkle over the cheddar and bake for 5–10 more minutes, until it melts and turns lightly golden.
- Leave it to stand for 5 minutes, then sprinkle with chives or spring onions.
Thermomix adaptation TM6
The TM6 makes the sauce; the potatoes are sliced by hand and browned in the oven.
Ingredients
- 700 g peeled potatoes (6–7 small potatoes)
- 30 g soft butter
- 100 ml milk
- 300 g Artesana full-fat sour cream
- 30 g flour (2 tbsp)
- 3–5 garlic cloves, to taste
- 150 g grated cheddar
- Celtic sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- 10 g chives or spring onions, to serve
How to make it
- Get the oven, the dish and the potato slices ready as in the classic method.
- Put the garlic in the mixing bowl: 3 sec / speed 7. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with the spatula, with the appliance stopped.
- Add 20 g butter: 2 min / 100°C / speed 1. Add the flour: 1 min / 100°C / speed 2.
- Add the milk, sour cream, salt and pepper: 5 min / 90°C / speed 3.
- Pour the sauce over the potatoes. Bake covered, then uncovered, and add the cheddar at the end, following the steps of the classic method.
Estimated nutritional values*
Per serving: 1/6 of the dish.
- Energy
- approx. 445 kcal
- Protein
- approx. 12 g
- Carbohydrates
- approx. 26,9 g
- Fat
- approx. 32 g
Values vary with the ingredients and the portion size. Salt added to taste is not included.
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