Sage and Potato Gratin with Bacon and Onions

"Matahami is a French dish of layered bacon, potato, onions and herbs and it works well with sage and smoked bacon."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Put the potatoes in a saucepan of cold water and bring to the boil, adding salt to the water.
  • Cook for 12 minutes, or until you can just pierce the potatoes with a skewer.
  • (they should be not quite cooked).
  • Drain well and slice as thinly as possible.
  • Melt half the butter in a frying pan, add the onion and cook until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 200*C 425*F.
  • Put the cream in a saucepan and bring to the boiling point, then simmer for 3 minutes.
  • Arrange one third of the bacon in a large baking dish, greased with butter.
  • Put 4 sage leaves on top.
  • Add a layer of half the potato slices, then another of half the onion.
  • Pour inhalf the cream.
  • Put half the remaining bacon on top and 4 more sage leaves.
  • use the remaining potatoes and onion in the same way, pour in the remaining cream, then put the remaining bacon and sage on top.
  • Dot the sage with the rest of the butter.
  • Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
  • Cover the dish with foil and bake for a further 30 minutes.
  • Using a skewer, test to see if the potatoes are soft all through.
  • If necessary, return to the oven, uncovered, for a further 5 to 10 minutes, making sure that the bacon and sage don't burn.

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  1. This was SO good. The sage and bacon gave it a wonderful flavour. I used lighter fat cream and that woked perfectly. Thanks for an excellent recipe.
     
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