Potatoes Au Gratin Recipe with Gruyere is the perfect holiday side dish to serve alongside Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas roast beef, or chicken.
This potato dish is incredibly cheesy and decadent with fork-tender slices of creamy potato that’ll have you coming back for more!
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
- It’s a simple recipe that pairs well with a variety of meats and other side dishes.
- Potatoes au gratin is easily adaptable with a few ingredient substitutions or additions to suit an array of taste preferences and meal purposes.
- It tastes decadent thanks to the use of cream and cheese that’ll impress the guests while being budget-friendly.
🛒 Ingredients
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- Yukon gold potatoes - peeled and sliced into ⅛-inch rounds
- Half and half
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Unsalted butter
- Minced garlic
- Grated Gruyere cheese
- Freshly chopped rosemary
- Freshly chopped thyme
- Smoked paprika
- Fresh breadcrumbs from rustic bread such as ciabatta
- Finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
🗒 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- While the oven is preheating, mix the butter with fresh bread crumbs and grated parmesan cheese in a bowl, then set aside. (If using meat as a flavor booster, prepare it now and set aside)
- Put the potatoes and seasoning in the skillet and simmer till fork tender.
- Sauté the garlic in butter in a medium skillet over medium heat together with the sliced shallots.
- Layer half the potatoes in the gratin dish with seasonings, cheese, and minced garlic.
- Top with the remaining potato mixture, spreading evenly and add any remaining cream from the pan.
- Sprinkle the bread crumb topping and bake for about 30 minutes, then let the gratin stand for 10-15 minutes before serving.
🔪 Equipment
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You'll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- Sharp knife
- Cutting board
- Large skillet
- Gratin dish or shallow baking pan
- Slotted spoon
- Medium glass bowl
- Heat proof spatula
🤔 FAQs
Yukon Gold potatoes and Russet potatoes are two great options for making potatoes au gratin since they both contain a high level of starch which allows them to hold shape while baking and retain lower amounts of moisture.
Potatoes au gratin consists of thin slices of precooked potatoes, baked in cream with layers of potato and cheese, and a cheese topping - making it a rather decadent and rich potato side dish.
Potato dauphinoise also consists of thinly sliced potatoes cooked in cream (although the potatoes haven’t been pre-cooked) but this dish usually doesn’t include any cheese when made traditionally.
Scalloped potatoes are similar to potato dauphinoise except that the potato rounds are usually thicker than what you’d use in potatoes au gratin or dauphinoise.
Absolutely, yes! Assemble your potatoes au gratin, covering it with plastic wrap or aluminum foil, and store it in the refrigerator for 1-2 days prior to baking. You can opt to leave the cheese topping off until just prior to baking for freshness if you like.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- REHEAT: You can store tightly wrapped leftovers in the refrigerator for up to two days. To reheat, cover with aluminum foil and bake in a 350℉ oven for about 30 minutes.
- REDUCE: A whole gratin serves eight. To feed fewer people, follow the method, cutting all the amounts in half. Use a tightly covered 10-inch skillet to simmer the potatoes, and bake in a 1 ½-quart baking dish.
- UNIFORMITY: An easy way to get uniform sliced potatoes is by using a mandoline. You can set this handy slicer to ensure you get ⅛” potato slices that will cook through evenly.
- FRESHNESS: Freshly shredded cheese is always going to taste better than store bought pre-shredded cheese. The latter also contains an anti-caking coating that affects the texture of the cheese when melted.
📚 Variations
Here are some of our favorite gratins:
- Bacon, Mushroom and Fontina: Potatoes, heavy cream and chicken broth, bacon, parsley, Fontina mushrooms, garlic: top with breadcrumbs and parmigiano.
- Shallot and Gruyère: Potatoes, heavy cream, nutmeg, Gruyère, shallots; top with parmigiano and Gruyère.
- Ham, Leek and Goat Cheese: Potatoes, half cream and half whole milk, smoked ham, goat cheese, leeks; top with breadcrumbs and walnuts.
- Artichoke and Comté: Potatoes, heavy cream and chicken broth, Comté, artichoke hearts; top with breadcrumbs and Comté.
- Sausage, caramelized onion and Cheddar: Potatoes, chicken broth, sweet sausage, Cheddar, onions; top with parmigiano.
- Bacon, Leek and Gruyère: Potatoes, heavy cream, bacon, thyme, nutmeg, Gruyère; top with breadcrumbs and Gruyère.
🥫 Storage
Store this potato dish for up to 5 days in the refrigerator in an airtight container or the baking dish (covered with plastic wrap or aluminum foil).
This dish can also be frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw it overnight in the refrigerator to reheat when ready to enjoy.
📗 Related Recipes
If you’re a lover of all things potato then you’ll need to try my Sweet Potato Casserole with Bacon or Roasted Rosemary Potatoes with Garlic.
And if you enjoy a wholesome gratin recipe, why restrict yourself to potatoes?! This Creamy Swiss Chard Gratin is molto saporito!
This colorful Autumn Harvest Salad is the perfect addition to the holiday dinner table. A light honey mustard vinaigrette dresses the fresh seasonal vegetables, fruit, and nuts.
Experience flavor bliss with our Old Fashioned Sweet Onion Casserole that features layers of mouthwatering onion goodness, two different cheeses, and topped with buttery breadcrumb.
🍽 Serve with
Potatoes au gratin with gruyere can be served as a tasty side dish alongside various holiday meats such as this Perfect Roast Turkey, Polpettone Italian Stuffed Meatloaf, or Italian Venison Wellington!
And for a special and memorable occasion serve our Dry Aged Standing Rib Roast. The meat is buttery and fork tender.
You could also enjoy it as a main meal when adding other delicious side dish options such as dinner rolls, salads, or stuffed veggies like my Roasted Zucchini Stuffed with Parmesan Garlic Breadcrumbs.
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📝 Recipe Card
It wouldn't be a holiday dinner if we didn't serve this squisito (delicious)potato casserole. The texture and taste of this au gratin potato casserole perfectly compliments the meat and vegetable sides.
And along with these delicious potatoes, try our easy crockpot green bean casserole recipe. No more worry about not having room in the oven.
If you're craving a cheesy potato dish but don't want to make it quite as elaborate as this au gratin recipe, try our Easy Diced Potatoes Gratin.
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📖 Recipe
Potatoes Au Gratin With Gruyere Cheese
Equipment Needed
Ingredients
- 2-½ pounds Yukon gold potatoes peeled and sliced into ⅛-inch rounds
- 2-½ cups Half and half **See note below for equivalent.
- Kosher Salt
- Black Pepper
- 2 Tablespoons butter unsalted
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 3 shallots thinly sliced (may use ½ cup thinly sliced yellow onion)
- 6 ounces Gruyere cheese grated (or more - I tend to be very generous)
- 1 teaspoon fresh Rosemary chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh Thyme chopped
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ cup fresh breadcrumbs from rustic bread such as ciabatta
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- ¼ cup Parmigiano-Reggiano finely grated
Instructions
- Position rack in center of over and and preheat to 400℉. Butter a 3 quart gratin dish or shallow baking dish; set aside.
- If you're including meat, prepare it now and set it aside. See the notes for suggestions.
- Mix the ½ cup breadcrumbs with the 2 Tablespoons melted butter and the grated Parmesan cheese. Set aside.
- Put the potatoes, cream, ½ teaspoon salt, and a few grinds of pepper i a 12-inch skillet. Simmer, partially covered over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally and gently with a heat proof rubber or silicone spatula until the potatoes are barely tender when pierced with fork or skewer. About 8-12 minutes.
- In a medium skillet heat butter over medium-high heat and sauté garlic until tender, fragrant, and lightly browned. This would be the time when you also sauté the sliced shallots or onions. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Transfer half the potato mixture to the prepared gratin dish using a slotted spoon, spreading evenly. Layer on the minced garlic, Gruyere, chopped fresh rosemary, thyme, and smoked paprika. (The meat also is layered along with these ingredients. )
- Top with the remaining potato mixture spreading it evenly and pour over any creamy sauce that remains in the pan.
- Evenly scatter the bread topping mixture over the potatoes.
- Bake until bubbly and top is brown and the potatoes are tender. 25 to 30 minutes.
- Let gratin stand at least 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Bacon -- cooked and crumbled. Reserve drippings for sautéing vegetables.
- Pancetta -- cut in ½-inch dice, sautéed.
- Smoked ham -- chopped
- Canadian bacon -- chopped
- Thinly sliced prosciutto -- coarsely chopped
- Hot or sweet Italian sausage -- casings removed, browned, and crumbled.
Nutrition
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