Pommes de Terre à la Boulangère

INGREDIENTS (for 6 servings)

• About 2 lbs of potatoes (e.g. yukon gold potatoes)
• 2 cups of broth (beef, chicken, vegetable)
• 2 grated garlic cloves
• 1 sliced onions
• 2 Tbsp of butter or olive oil
• 4-6 Sprigs of thyme
• 2 Bay leaves
• Salt & pepper

 
DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F.
2. Rub bottom of oven proof casserole dish with grated garlic cloves. Cover the bottom of your baking dish with 1 Tbsp of olive oil.
3. Prepare 2 cup of broth. We use homemade broth if we have any or make our broth with a base but you can also use a store bought broth or a bouillon cube – whatever you have handy.
4. Peel and slice potatoes in very thin slices. We use the KitchenAid attachment, but you can also use a mandoline or slice them by hand. You can slice them right into your baking dish to speed things up and minimize clean up.
5. Slice 1 onion. Add 1 Tbsp of olive oil, 1-2 good pinches of salt and 3 turn of peppers mill. Toss. Add in the broth. Put 3-4 thyme sprigs in the broth and a couple of bay leaves.
6. Bake for 1.5 hours. The potatoes will be golden brown.
7. Let rest for 10 minutes or so and enjoy — the potatoes will simply melt in your mouth!

 
A FEW SUGGESTIONS

• Excellent light side dish (1/2 to 1 cup portion) with lamb or a moist pork roast.
• For cholesterol management diet: choose olive oil instead of butter. Also works well for anybody on a gluten free diet (provided you use homemade broth or gluten free store bought broth).