THE POTATO QUESTION (4)

With the humble potato you can prepare ..Scalloped potatoes. This is a tasy dish , where the poatatoes are sliced thinly, layered in a dish with butter , salt , cracked black pepper , covered with cream , flavoured with nutmeg and topped with gruyere cheese . Prehaet your oven to 160 deg C . Scalloped potatoes are a variation of the French dish Gratin Dauphinois . Peel 1 kg of floury 'old' potatoes , thinly slice into rounds and dry thoroughly . Spray a shallow ovenproof dish with cooking oil and smear 1 tbs of minced garlic mixed with 30 gm of butter/ marg around the base of the dish . Carefully arrange the potato slices in overlapping layers in the dish, seasoning each layer with salt and cracked pepper . Bring 1 cup of milk to the boil and add 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg . Grate 100gm of gruyere cheese and spread over the top of the potatoes . Carefully pour the milk over the potatoes and add 60 gm of butter / marg cut in small pieces on top . Bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes or until tender and golden .