Kens Potato Galette Recipes

POTATO GALETTE RECIPE

Steps:

• Fill a large pan with water. Add the whole garlic cloves and dried herbs. Place the pan over high heat until boiling.
• Slice the potatoes finely using a sharp knife or mandoline slicer. Then add the sliced potatoes to the boiling water.
• Cook the potatoes for about 7 minutes. They should still be a little crunchy. Don't overcook them! Then drain the potatoes. Discard the garlic and pat the potatoes dry between 2 clean kitchen towels.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Cover the bottom of a spring form with baking paper and tighten it. Brush the bottom with some melted butter. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Put a layer of the half cooked potato slices on the bottom. Brush with melted butter and season with pepper and salt.
• Keep building the galette up this way until all the potato slices are used. Brush the top with the remaining butter and season with pepper. Put the potato galette in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) for 30 minutes. Check if the potato is tender. Bake for another 15 minutes if necessary. Then open the spring form and remove the side circle.
• Here comes the tricky part. Put the galette on a clean surface, keep the baking paper steady with one hand and carefully pull the springform bottom from underneath the galette. Then place the bottom on top of the galette again and turn the whole lot upside down. Carefully peel away the baking paper.
• Place the galette under a hot grill for a few minutes until the top starts to brown nicely and crisp up. Keep an eye on it! Slice the potato galette up. Serve hot.

POTATO GALETTES

Steps:

• Line a large oven tray with baking paper and start overlapping the potato slices into 6 individual galettes - making circles about 10cm.
• Season each layer with salt and pepper, shallots and parmesan; continue layering, the last and third layer will be just potato slices, spray lightly with olive oil.
• Bake at 180degC (350degF)for 40mins; don't let them brown if they are to be frozen and reheated at a later stage.
• The galettes can be cooked until just starting to brown, then frozen and later reheated to crisp and brown by reheating in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.

POTATO GALETTE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Heat clarified butter in a 10 1/2-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat until very hot, but not smoking. Place a sprig of thyme in center of skillet. Arrange potatoes in an overlapping spiral to fill pan (be careful, because the fat may spatter). Season with salt and pepper. Brush the bottom of a medium saute pan with clarified butter, and place over potatoes to weigh them down. Cook until golden brown, about 8 minutes.
• Carefully pour off excess butter, if there is any, and reserve. Turn galette out onto a baking sheet. Place another sprig of thyme in center of skillet. Using two spatulas, carefully return galette to skillet, browned side up. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with saute pan; transfer to oven, and bake until second side is brown and potatoes are cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes more. Remove top saute pan 5 minutes before removing skillet from oven. Carefully slide galette onto cutting board. Cut into wedges, and serve immediately.

POTATO CHEESE GALETTE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 450.
• Place the potatoes in a medium bowl, pour clarified butter or olive oil & parmesan cheese over, and toss to coat.
• Arrange half the potatoes, flower fashion, in a 9-inch ovenproof skillet.
• Cook over med heat until the edges begin to brown and potatoes stick together.
• (This will keep the cheeses from running through) about 5 minute.
• Sprinkle with cheeses and cover with remaining potatoes, arranged the same way as the bottom layer.
• Set in the oven for 10 minute.
• Carefully flip potatoes with a wide spatula (or turn over onto a plate, and return to pan) Brown on med heat 5 minute.
• Return to the oven for an additional 5 minute.
• Cut into 4 servings, keep warm.

POTATO GALETTES

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes, making sure to keep their round shape, and rinse them under cold water. Using a mandoline, slice one of the potatoes almost paper-thin. (If they are not thin enough, you will have difficulty getting them to adhere to one another; also, do not rinse the slices, as you will remove the starch.) On a work surface, form a circle of overlapping slices about 5 inches in diameter. Continue to make layers of slices, sprinkling them with salt and pepper every couple of layers, until all the slices are used. Make another galette with another potato.
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place 2 small skillets over medium heat. When hot, add 2 tablespoons of the clarified butter to each. Using a large spatula, carefully transfer 1 galette to each skillet. Cook until the bottoms are golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. (Lower the heat if they brown too quickly.) Turn and cook the other side until the potatoes are golden brown and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes more. Transfer to a small sheet pan lined with paper towels and keep warm in the oven.
• While the first 2 galettes are cooking, prepare the remaining 2 in the same manner. Serve warm.