Golden Potato and Cauliflower Gratin

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 20 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Inactive: 15 min
  • Cook: 50 min
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Ingredients

2 cups creme fraiche

1/2 cup whipping cream

3 1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/8 inch-thick slices

Coarse kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves, plus a few sprigs for garnish

4 cups fresh cauliflower, cut into mini florets

Directions

  1. Place the oven rack in center of oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk creme fraiche and whipping cream until combined.
  3. In a large baking dish, approximately 9 by 13-inches, arrange 1/3 of potato slices, overlapping slightly. Generously season with salt, pepper, and some fresh thyme leaves. Drop 1/3 of the cream mixture in dollops over potatoes, and spread evenly, (layer will be very thin). Repeat with another layer. Layer for a 3rd and last time, covering the top of the potatoes with the cream mixture, then mini cauliflower florets, and generously season with salt, pepper, and remaining thyme.
  4. Bake 30 minutes and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Continue to bake until top is golden brown, about 20 minutes longer.
  5. Do your best to let gratin rest 15 to 20 minutes before serving. Garnish with thyme sprigs. Eat and enjoy!

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Elaine Grana

I give this recipe no star. I guess when you have to keep your recipes to 5 ingredients; it really limits the flavors and quality of the dishes you are creating. This sounded like it was not going to work from the beginning because there is nothing here to bind it together. It was very bland and uninteresting to me. Salt does not constitute a flavor to me. The addition of thyme was a small creep towards being flavorful. It was soupy and needed the addition of cheese to pull it together. I looked up other gratins on the Food Network site and all the gratins include parmesan cheese in the recipes. I will make mashed this mesh up and make mashed potatoes/cauliflower out of it. If you want to make a gratin, go to another chef’s recipe!

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