Lighthouse Inn Delmonico Potatoes Recipe Recipe Cards

LIGHTHOUSE INN POTATOES RECIPE - (3.4/5)

Steps:

• Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, combine Parmesan, panko, 4 tablespoons melted butter and ¼ teaspoon salt. Set aside. In a large saucepan, combine the potato chunks, 2½ cups light cream, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda, 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. (You'll think that this is too much salt. You'll be tempted to use less. Don't do it. Follow the recipe. The sauce will be salty, but in the end the potatoes will be perfection.) Bring this mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. The potatoes will want to stick, so stir them frequently. Reduce the heat to low and cook at a bare simmer, still stirring often, until a paring knife slides easily into several potato chunks without the potatoes crumbling apart, 20 to 25 minutes. You don't want the potatoes mushy. As soon as the biggest chunks yield easily to the knife, get them off the heat and stir in the remaining ½ cup of cream and the remaining 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter. Keep stirring until the butter has melted, about 1 minute. Pour the creamy potato mixture into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. (You'll want to butter the dish, but you don't have to.) If you're making the potatoes ahead, proceed below. If you are cooking them immediately, sprinkle the Parmesan-panko mixture evenly over the top. Bake, uncovered, until the potatoes are bubbling and the crumb topping is nicely browned, around 15-20 minutes. Let the potatoes cool for at least 15 minutes before serving. To make ahead and bake later: After the potato mixture has been transferred to the baking dish, let it cool completely, then cover the dish with aluminum foil and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. When you're ready, before applying the Parmesan-panko topping, bake the potatoes at 375 degrees, covered, until they're heated through, about 35 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven and apply the topping evenly. Bake again, now uncovered, for another 15-20 minutes until the top is nicely browned.

DELMONICO POTATOES

Steps:

• What To Do 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2. In a large saucepan, combine milk, cream, onions, garlic, nutmeg, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer. Whisk in 7 tablespoons butter. 3. Remove pan from heat. 4. Use remaining 3 tablespoons butter to grease an oval ceramic gratin dish approximately 18 inches in length. 5. Cover the bottom of the buttered dish with half the potato slices. Season generously with salt and pepper. 6. Pour half the warm milk mixture over potatoes and then sprinkle with about half of cheese mixture. 7. Repeat with rest of potatoes, milk mixture and cheese. 8. Bake in the middle of oven until liquid is absorbed and potatoes are golden and very tender when the tip of a sharp knife is inserted into the center, about an hour or a bit more. Let rest 15 minutes before serving.

DELMONICO POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Wash (but do not skin) the potatoes, and quarter them lengthwise (so that, after cooking, they can be grated into the longest shreds possible). Bring 8 cups of water to a boil and then add the potatoes. Let boil for 10 minutes so that the potatoes are not cooked through. Immediately submerse the hot potatoes into cold water, and let them cool for at least 30 minutes. Grate the potatoes into long strips.
• 2. Mix together in a bowl the other milk, cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• 3. Preheat a large frying pan over medium heat and then add the potatoes and liquid mixture. Fold them together well but gently, without mashing the potatoes, and cook for 10 minutes, mixing lightly occasionally so that they do not burn. Remove from the stove and fold in 1 tablespoon of the cheese.
• 4. Transfer the potatoes into a buttered baking dish and arrange evenly. On top, sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon of cheese.
• 5. Preheat the over to 425F. Place the uncovered baking dish into the upper-third of the oven, and bake for 6 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve immediately.