Triple cheese & bacon Dauphinoise

• Gluten free

• Meat

  • 200 g Bacon lardons, smoked

• Produce

  • 6 900g maris piper potatoes, large
  • 2 Garlic cloves

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Vegetable oil

• Dairy

  • 1 Butter
  • 50 g Cheddar
  • 50 g Gruyere
  • 50 g Parmesan
  • 300 ml Pot double cream
  • 500 ml Semi-skimmed milk

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Description

Ingredients

• butter, for greasing Butter butt-errButter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
• 500ml semi-skimmed milk
• 300ml pot double cream
• 2 garlic cloves, bashed
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 200g smoked bacon lardons
• 6 large (about 900g) Maris Piper potatoes, thinly sliced (use a mandolin if you have one)
• 50g cheddar, grated Cheddar Ched-ahOnce cheddar was Cheddar, a large, hard-pressed barrel of cheese made by a particular…
• 50g Parmesan, grated Parmesan parm-ee-zanParmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
• 50g Gruyère, cubed Gruyère groo-ee-yeahGruyère is an undoubted pinnacle of traditional Swiss cheese-making, a culinary masterpiece as…

Directions

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and grease a shallow baking dish with butter (I used a 20 x 30cm dish). Pour the milk and cream into a large saucepan, add the garlic, tip in the potatoes and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat to let the garlic infuse and the potatoes cool a little while you cook the bacon.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and add the lardons. Cook on a low-medium heat for 10 mins until they are turning crispy.
• Using a slotted spoon, start layering the potatoes onto the base of the dish until completely covered (remove the garlic cloves when you spot them). Spoon over some of the cream mixture, a little cheddar, Parmesan and Gruyère, and scatter on some of the bacon. Season well and repeat until you have used up all the potato. Pour over any remaining cream and scatter with the remaining cheese. Reserve some of the bacon for topping later.
• Cover with foil and cook in the oven for 1 hr. Remove the foil and cook for a further 30 mins until the potatoes are cooked through (insert a skewer or knife and check there is no resistance) and the topping is golden. Scatter with the remaining bacon for the final 5 mins of cooking.

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