Pommes de Terre à la Dauphinoise
Potatoes cooked in a lemon and garlic flavoured Béchamel sauce for cheats.
Ingredients
- 8 waxy potatoes peeled if liked and cut into half centimetre slices
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed
- zest of 1 lemon
- 1 pint of milk 500ml
- 1 oz of flour about 30g
- 1 oz of butter
- seasoning to taste
- grated nutmeg to taste
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Cook the potatoes in boiled water in the microwave or hob for about 10 minutes.
- In the meantime combine the milk, butter, flour and bay leaf in a saucepan and whisk until thickened with the zest and garlic if liked.
- Cook over a low heat for a few minutes and add seasoning and nutmeg to taste.
- Remove the bay leaf and tip in the drained potatoes and serve.
Notes
If the potatoes are not waxy you may find they break up in the sauce.
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