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Scalloped Potatoes with Heavy Cream and Cheese

January 29, 2020 | Updated August 23, 2023 | Laura

✽ Recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I | Julia Child ✽

Julia Child Recipe 60 | 468 recipes to go!

✽ Gratin Jurassien [Scalloped Potatoes with Heavy Cream and Cheese], p. 524

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✽ Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ You can buy Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I which contains these recipes here. (affiliate link)

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✽ Butter Count: +4 TB

✽ Cost: $7.30 [~$1.22 per serving]

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Well, actually everybody knows that potatoes, in general, are the best. Julia just has a way of amplifying them even more.

The name of these potatoes tells you exactly what they are- delicious. Now, despite these potatoes being extremely tasty, they still come in second place. The Gratin Dauphinois [Scalloped Potatoes with Milk, Cheese, and a Pinch of Garlic] still gets the gold medal in my book.

Looking for more Julia Child potato recipes to read about?

→ Check out all of the vegetable recipes that I've completed so far!

The main thing about this recipe is you must watch the cream closely so it never actually bubbles. You wouldn’t want it to curdle! Other than that, this recipe is so simple.

First, butter is smeared in the baking dish. Next, the sliced raw potatoes are arranged in a way similar to a lasagna- potato, salt, pepper, Swiss cheese, dots of butter, repeat. Finally, all of it is covered in heavy cream. How could something like that be bad?

It is done when the potatoes have absorbed the cream and the top is lightly browned. Can you say, YUM?

These potatoes would go great with literally anything or maybe you just want to only eat them for dinner with nothing else. No judgment here!

I paired mine with a delicious steak made by my husband, and it made for a wonderful meal.

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Category: Julia Child, Vegetables Cuisine: French
Keywords: julia child scalloped potatoes, gratin jurassien recipe, french scalloped potatoes, julia child potato recipe

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More Potato Recipes:

✽ Garlic Mashed Potatoes (amazing mashed potatoes with all that garlic flavor)
✽ Gratin Dauphinois (the classic scalloped potato recipe)
✽ Gratin Savoyard (scalloped potatoes made with meat stock and cheese)
→ Check out all of the completed Julia Child vegetable recipes!

✽ You can find this recipe and all the other Julia Child recipes I make in Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I (affiliate link).
→ Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I was written by Julia Child who co-authored with Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

✽ Check out my Julia Child Recipe Checklist to see a list of all my completed and pending recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking!

Bon appétit!

January 29, 2020 by Laura Ehlers

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