Saturday, April 27, 2019

Cheesy Potato Gratin Stacks (Muffin Tin)

All you need to know is that these Mini Potato Gratin Stacks are cheesy, creamy and ridiculously irresistible. I mean, come on. Potatoes + cheese + cream + garlic + butter. BAM! That’s a home run right there!
All you need to know is that these Mini Potato Gratin Stacks are cheesy, creamy and ridiculously irresistible. I mean, come on. Potatoes + cheese + cream + garlic + butter. BAM! That’s a home run right there!

Ingredients
Oil spray
  • 1 kg / 2 lb potatoes, large long ones (Note 1)
  • 2 tbsp / 30 g butter
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 cup cream, heavy / thickened (Note 4)
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Black pepper
  • 1 cup grated melting cheese (cheddar, gruyere, swiss, mozzarella)
  • Fresh thyme leaves for garnish, optional

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
  2. Spray a standard 12 hole muffin tin with oil.
  3. Peel potatoes. Stand upright then cut into cylinder shapes, then slice potatoes into thin slices around 2mm/ 1/10" thick.
  4. Place butter, garlic, cream, salt, pepper and dried thyme in a microwave proof cup or bowl, then melt in 30 second bursts.
  5. Stir, then set aside.
  6. Place potato slices into the muffin tin so they go halfway up the muffin tin holes. Try to match by size to make them into neat stacks.
  7. Drizzle each potato stack with 1/2 tsp of cream mixture.
  8. Sprinkle HALF the cheese over the potato stacks.
  9. Top with remaining potato slices. Drizzle with remaining cream mixture and remaining thyme.