Herbed Potato Gratin With Roasted Garlic Manchego Food

HERBED POTATO GRATIN WITH ROASTED GARLIC AND MANCHEGO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 357 degrees. In a cake pan, drizzle garlic with oil. Cover with foil and roast for 40 minutes, until tender. Let cool, then squeeze out cloves. Mash the garlic to a paste and transfer to saucepan.
• Add half-and-half, thyme, and rosemary. Bring to a boil and simmer over very low heat until reduced to 3 cups, approximately 20 minutes; season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange 1/4 of the potatoes in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Top with 1/4 of the grated cheeses and drizzle lightly with the garlic cream.
• Repeat layering in the same way with the rest of the ingredients. Pour any remaining cream on top and press top layer of potatoes to submerge.
• Bake gratin for about 1-1/2 hours, until golden and bubbling. Let cool twenty minutes before cutting into squares and serving.

HERBED POTATO GRATIN WITH ROASTED GARLIC AND MANCHEGO CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a 9" cake pan, drizzle the garlic with the oil. Cover with foil and roast for 40 minutes, until tender. Let cool, then squeeze out the cloves.
• Mash the garlic to a paste and transfer to a saucepan. Add the half-and-half, thyme and rosemary and bring to a boil. Simmer over very low heat until reduced to 3 cups, 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange 1/4 of potatoes in bottom of 9X13" baking dish. Top with 1/4 of the shredded cheeses and drizzle lightly with the garlic cream. Repeat the layering with the remaining potatoes, cheese and cream. Pour any remaining cream on top and press the top layer of potatoes to submerge them.
• Bake the gratin for about 1 1/2 hours, until golden and bubbling. Let cool for 20 minutes before cutting into squares and serving.
• Make ahead through the layering and refrigerate overnight. Return to room temperature before baking.

OVEN ROASTED GARLIC POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Remove any papery skin from the fresh heads of garlic. Cut a little off the tops of garlic heads to expose fresh garlic and drizzle olive oil over top.
• Place garlic in an oven safe baking dish.Cover and bake for 45 minutes.Let garlic cool before going to next steps.
• In a large soup pot on medium high heat, pour olive oil that remained from the roasting period and squeeze the garlic bulbs to release cloves into a large soup pot.
• Add diced onion and cubed potatoes.
• Saute for 2-3 minutes.
• Add in chicken broth,water,salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer for 15 minutes.
• Using a wire whisk, gently smash potatoes in the pot although leaving some chunks of potato for texture. If you prefer a creamed soup then smash more or remove potatoes from the pot and blend in a blender.
• Add in cream or milk and wait till soup comes back to a slow boil.
• Add in a couple of spoon fulls of your pasta.Enjoy.