Steakhouse Au Gratin Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 lbs potatoes
• 2 -4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 cups gruyere, grated
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• kosher salt
• freshly cracked black pepper
• 2 teaspoons thyme
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 peel and dice the potatoes. *i have a vegetable chopper from williams-sonoma and this step only takes 5 minutes.
• 3 parboil the potatoes 5 minutes in salty water.
• 4 either spray a large baking dish with oil or rub it lightly with butter.
• 5 drain and then toss the potatoes in the baking dish with the butter, thyme, nutmeg, more salt and pepper.
• 6 mix almost all the cheese (save some for the top) throughout the potatoes and pour the half & half evenly over all.
• 7 top the dish with the reserved cheese.
• 8 bake for one hour or until the cheese is nicely melted, bubbling and turning a caramel color.