NUMBER OF SERVINGS

• Number of servings: 4

COOKING ACCESSORIES

1. Roasting tin or oven dish

INGREDIENTS

• 4 medium-sized creamy texture potatoes
• 2 tablespoon crème fraîche
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 2 small shallots
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 150 grams mushrooms
• 1 twig of thyme (only the leaves)
• salt and pepper

METHOD OF PREPARATION

• Pre-heat the oven to 200°C
• Boil the potatoes whole and unpeeled in water with a pinch of salt.
• Cut off the tops of the potatoes, scoop them out with a small spoon, leaving a wall of about 1 cm.
• Mash the potato meal with the crème fraîche and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile heat the oil and slowly sauté the shallots, garlic and mushrooms until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Add the thyme after about 5 minutes.
• Stir this mixture into the mash and season to taste with salt and pepper:
• Fill the potatoes with the mash and place them in the roasting tin.
• Oven-bake the potatoes au gratin in about 20 minutes.

TIPS

They go well with a nice pork tenderloin, perhaps accompanied by broad beans with a bit of bacon!