Potato gratin
Heavy oven demand — only when a second rack is genuinely free. Assembled a day ahead, holds hot about forty minutes before the top softens. Acid cuts cream Chablis, Aligoté, or a sharp Riesling. Cream needs acid more than body. If the anchor is red, keep a white on the table for this dish.
This is the base recipe: one batch, 8 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because there is no committed plan for this dish. Build and commit a plan that includes it and this card multiplies itself to the batch count the plan computes.
Acid cuts cream
Chablis, Aligoté, or a sharp Riesling. Cream needs acid more than body. If the anchor is red, keep a white on the table for this dish.
Cut cold into slabs and re-crisp in a hot pan. Do not microwave — it weeps.
- Potato3.9 lb
- Cream2.25 cups
- Garlic4 clove
Multiplying the ingredients is the easy half. These are the parts of the recipe that the batch count does not move.
- Cooking time
- 70 minutes in the oven, whatever fraction of the tray is filled. A half-full tray browns faster, so look at it sooner rather than trusting the clock.
Can be finished a day ahead.
- Make-ahead
- Reheatable
- Your hands
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- Fridge
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- Read the whole method before you shop. This is a planning recipe for potato gratin, not a certified kitchen test.
- Amounts below are one batch: 8 portions. Build a plan and this card scales itself to it.
- Can be completed up to 1 day ahead. One batch takes about 1 fridge shelf-thirds while it waits.
- Oven occupancy is 70 minutes per tray. Do not start this tray if the day-of oven window is already full.
- Tray up and bake. Hold only as long as the fixture hold time.
- Holds about 40 minutes once finished. After that, quality drops — do not invent extra time.
- Drink pairing: Chablis, Aligoté, or a sharp Riesling. Cream needs acid more than body. If the anchor is red, keep a white on the table for this dish.
- Leftover route: Cut cold into slabs and re-crisp in a hot pan. Do not microwave — it weeps.
- Confirm every ingredient and every allergen yourself. Dietary tags are planning filters, not safety guarantees.
Can be completed up to 1 day ahead. One batch takes about 1 fridge shelf-thirds while it waits.
Base recipe: one batch, 8 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because no plan was open. Cooking time does not move with the batch: 70 minutes in the oven either way.
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Oven · Stovetop · Cold storage · Landing space
contains dairy