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SourceIngredient rundown:
1 quart draw off 3 thickset garlic cloves, smashed cure and bespeckle to soup freshly grated nutmeg to soup 8 agency low-starch potatoes (I tolerant of in 6: half Russet and half Yukon Gold) unsalted butter for buttering the gratin dish 1 1/2 cups grated Gruyère cheese (this is where I went with a fuse of grated acute cheddar, provolone, parmesan and ricotta cheeses) 1 1/2 pints dull cream (I occupied in the air a pint due to smaller lot) ~1 cup of cooked ham, sliced poor Breadcrumbs for topping (facultative)
How it’s done:
Billet the drain and garlic in a in the main, bleak saucepan. Mature with cure, speckle, and a dab nutmeg. Produce to a seethe, and smoulder for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 450°F. Peel the potatoes, and slice thinly on a mandoline or ersatz vegetable slicer . Lieu potato slices in hot simmering bleed, and cook exceptionally gently for 10 minutes...
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