Potato And Sweet Red Peppers Gratin Food

SWEET POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the breadcrumbs and gingersnap crumbs and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted, 3 to 5 minutes; set aside.
• Combine the heavy cream, maple syrup, thyme, allspice, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and the cayenne in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat.
• Butter a 3-quart baking dish. Spread a single layer of sweet potatoes in the bottom of the baking dish and pour about one-third of the cream mixture on top. Repeat to make 2 more layers of potatoes and cream. Cover with foil and bake 40 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake until the cream is bubbling and the potatoes are lightly browned and tender when pierced with a knife, 40 to 50 more minutes, sprinkling the breadcrumb mixture over the potatoes during the last 5 minutes of baking.

SO-CAL SWEET POTATO AND POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• If you have a gas burner, roast the poblano peppers over the open flame, turning occasionally with tongs, until the peppers are well charred all over, about 4 minutes. If you do not have a gas burner, halve the peppers lengthwise, place them in a baking pan and broil them in a preheated broiler, skin-side up, until well charred. Place the charred peppers in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap for 10 minutes. Peel, stem and deseed the peppers, then cut into strips.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• Stir together the cream, salt, lime zest, cumin and garlic in a bowl.
• Peel the sweet potatoes and russet potatoes and thinly slice them with a mandoline (about 1/4-inch thick).
• Arrange half of the russet potatoes in the buttered baking dish. Top with half of the sliced poblanos, then half of the sweet potatoes. Top with half of the cream mixture and 1/3 cup Cotija. Repeat with the remaining ingredients (potatoes, poblanos, sweet potatoes, cream and the remaining 2/3 cups Cotija) and press down firmly to submerge the potatoes as much as possible.
• Cover the baking dish tightly with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake until the potatoes are tender, the liquid has absorbed, and the top is browned in spots, 25 to 30 minutes more.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

POTATO, GREEN PEPPER, & TOMATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease the sides and bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Arrange 1/3 of the Potatoes in the baking dish.
• Top the Potatoes with 1/3 of the sliced Green Peppers.
• Top the Green Peppers with 1/3 of the sliced Tomatoes.
• Mix the melted Butter with the Olive Oil.
• Drizzle 1/3 of the Butter, Olive Oil mixture over vegetables.
• Season with 1/3 of the salt and pepper.
• Repeat steps 3-7 until all of the ingredients are used up.
• Bake 1 1/4 hour or until tender, golden brown and bubbly.

SWEET POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Peel and slice yams 1/8" thick- easily done in a food processer.
• Layer yam slices (overlapping) lengthwise in a 13 x 9 casserole.
• Sprinkle with salt, pepper, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
• Repeat yam and spice layers.
• Pour whipping cream over everything so dish is half full.
• Bake 1 hour.

POTATO GRATIN WITH PEPPERS, ONIONS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Dribble 1 tablespoon of olive oil into a 2-quart rectangular or 14-inch-by-8-inch-by 2-inch oval baking dish and scatter 1/4 of the minced garlic over the bottom of the pan.
• Arrange the vegetables in layers, starting with the potatoes and peppers and finishing with the tomatoes and onion.
• Sprinkle salt, freshly ground pepper, and oregano and about 1/4 of the garlic between each layer.
• Drizzle the remaining olive oil over the surface and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until fork-tender.
• Note: The easiest way to slice the potatoes is with a mandoline. Remember that the thicker the potato slices, the longer it will take to bake.
• Note2: As I have wonderful dried oregano from Greece, I use that as it is better than what I can get fresh.

POTATO AND SWEET RED PEPPERS GRATIN

Steps:

• Postion rack in center of oven and preheat to 375. Spray 8x8 inch baking dish with vegetable oil spray.
• Arrange 1/2 of potatoes in overlapping rows. Top with half of red bell peppers. Sprinkle 1/3 cheese over peppers and potatoes. Drizzle 1 T oil over. Repeat layering with 1/3 potatoes and remaining red bells peppers, 1/3 thyme mixture and 1/3 cheese. Drizzle 1 T oil over. Top with remaining potatoes.
• combine wine and broth in bowl. Pour over all. Top with remains thyme mixture, cheese and 1 T oil.
• Bake until potatoes are tender when pierced with fork and top is golden brown about 1 1/2 hours.

ROAST LAMB WITH POTATO, ONION AND PEPPER GRATIN

Steps:

• Split 1 clove garlic. Rub bottom of 16x10x2 inch oval gratin dish with split clove of garlic. Arrange potatoes over bottom of pan. Chop together remaining 5 garlic cloves, and thyme. Season generously to taste with salt, pepper and 1/3 of garlic-thyme combination. Layer sliced onions on top. Season to taste with salt, pepper and another 1/3 of garlic and thyme. Layer peppers on top of onions. Season to taste with salt, pepper and remaining 1/3 garlic and thyme. Pour over wine, then oil.
• Trim excess fat from lamb. Season meat to taste with salt and pepper. Place sturdy oven rack directly on top of gratin dish. Set lamb on rack so that juices will drip into gratin.
• Roast, uncovered, at 400ºF about 1 hour and 15 minutes for rare. Turn lamb every 15 minutes, basting with liquid from dish underneath. Remove from oven and let lamb stand on rack so that juices will drip into gratin.
• To serve, carve lamb into thin slices and arrange on warmed dinner plates or on serving platter with vegetable gratin alongside.

POTATO AND SWEET RED PEPPER GRATIN

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375. Spray 8x8 glass baking dish with vegetable oil spray.
• Arrange 1/3 of potatoes in overlapping rows in prepare dish. Top with half of red bell peppers.
• Combine dried thyme, salt and pepper in small bowl. Sprinkle 1/3 of mixture over peppers and potatoes. Sprinkle 1/3 of cheese over peppers and potatoes. Drizzle 1 T oil over. Repeat layering with 1/3 of potatoes, remaining red bell peppers, 1/3 of thyme mixture and 1/3 of cheese. Drizzle 1T oil over. Top with remaining potatoes.
• Combine wine and broth in bowl. Pour over all.
• Top with remaining thyme mixture, cheese and 1T of oil.
• Bake until potatoes are tender when pierced with fork and top is golden brown, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Transfer to rack and cool 5 minutes