Sweet Potato And Blue Cheese Gratin Recipes

SCALLOPED YUKON GOLD AND SWEET POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Add the ½ stick of butter to a sauce pan over medium heat and melt. Add the garlic and allow to simmer for 1 minute. Add the cream and herbs to the pan and bring to a simmer. Remove the cream mixture from the heat and set aside.
• Peel, then slice the potatoes and sweet potatoes into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Add the potatoes to a large mixing bowl and toss with salt and pepper.
• With a tablespoon of butter, grease a 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Arrange sliced potatoes in rows overlapping in the pan and alternating between the two potato types.
• Pour the cream mixture over the potatoes, pressing lightly to submerge the potatoes into the liquid.
• Sprinkle on the cheese, cover with tin foil and bake for 40 minutes. Then uncover and bake until top of gratin is golden and most of liquid is absorbed, about 10-15 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes then serve.

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.

NAVA'S SWEET POTATO BLUE CHEESE GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Coat a 13-by-9-inch baking dish with butter.
• Overlapping each slice, place a layer of sweet potatoes in the baking dish. Season this layer with salt and pepper. Repeat the layers five times, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper until you have six layers of sweet potatoes.
• Pour the half & half and minced garlic into the dish; push down on potatoes to evenly distribute the half & half.
• Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes. Carefully remove the foil.
• Turn oven up to 400 degrees and cook uncovered for 20 minutes, or until golden brown on top and the gratin is not runny. The potatoes should absorb the half & half. Remove from oven and top with blue cheese.
• Serve immediately.

SWEET POTATO AND GRUYèRE GRATIN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees and generously butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan or shallow gratin dish. Butter a piece of foil large enough to cover top of pan. Sprinkle Parmesan all over bottom of pan.
• In a medium pot, bring cream, sage, rosemary, garlic, nutmeg and a pinch of salt to a simmer. Simmer until reduced by 1/4, about 10 minutes.
• In a large, heatproof bowl, whisk eggs just enough to break them up. Slowly pour hot cream into eggs to combine, whisking while pouring, and reserve the mixture.
• Meanwhile, using a mandoline or sharp knife, slice the potatoes into 1/8-inch-thick rounds.
• Place 1 layer of potatoes in the pan, slightly overlapping as you go, using about a third of the slices. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste, then pour 1/3 of the egg mixture over potatoes. Top with 1/2 cup Gruyère. Repeat with another layer of potatoes, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, pepper and 1/3 egg mixture. Top with 1/2 cup Gruyère. Top with remaining potatoes, 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper to taste, and remaining egg mixture (but not the remaining cheese). Press down to compact the potatoes. Cover with foil and bake until potatoes are tender, about 40 minutes, then remove foil, sprinkle top with remaining 2/3 cup Gruyère and bake until browned and bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool slightly, then serve.