Pancetta and Porcini Potato Gratin

Name: Pancetta and Porcini Potato Gratin
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters cream; 28 grams dried porcini mushrooms; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 473 milliliters gruyere, grated; 118 milliliters milk; 1 pinch nutmeg; 1 Tbsp oil; 1 onion, sliced; 170 grams pancetta, diced; 907 grams potatoes, sliced 1/8 inch thin (on a mandolin); 8 servings salt and pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon thyme, chopped; 118 milliliters boiling water

Pancettan and Porcini Potato Gratin is a gluten free side dish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 436 calories, 17g of protein, and 33g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes. A mixture of milk, onion, garlic, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Soak the dried porcini mushrooms in the water for 20 minutes.

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Dried Porcini Mushrooms

Water

Remove the mushrooms from the water, reserving the water, squeeze the excess water from them and coarsely chop them.

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Mushrooms

Water

Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the pancetta and saute until it starts to turn golden brown, about 4-6 minutes.

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Pancetta

Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.

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Onion

Add the mushrooms, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper and saute for a minute and remove from heat.Bring the cream, milk, reserved mushroom water and nutmeg to a simmer and remove from heat.

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Salt And Pepper

Mushrooms

Garlic

Nutmeg

Cream

Thyme

Water

Milk

Pour a bit of the cream over the bottom of an 8x8x2 inch baking pan and layer 1/2 of the sliced potatoes on top followed by half of the pancetta and mushroom mixture and cheese, followed by the remaining potatoes, the cream and the remaining pancetta and mushroom mixture and cheese and cover in foil.

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Mushrooms

Pancetta

Potato

Cheese

Cream

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Bake in a preheated 350F oven until fork tender, about 45-60 minutes. Note: At the end of this step you can let the gratin sit at room temperature for up two 2 hours before continuing.

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Oven