Easy Caramelised Onion & Potato Dauphinoise Recipe

Since learning the recipe for super Easy Potato Dauphinoise at a Waitrose cookery school class many years ago, we’ve made these quick and delicious potatoes many, many times. Thinking about possible variations, I started imagining the addition of onions.

From onions, it’s not a big leap to caramelised onions…

But caramelising onions properly, still they are sticky, sweet and delicious, takes a lot of time, far more than the usual “cook for 5 minutes until browned” that far too many recipes suggest. Since the base dauphinoise recipe is itself an easy version, it wasn’t long before I thought to use ready-made caramelised onion chutney as a shortcut.

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Easy Caramelised Onion & Potato Dauphinoise Recipe

Ingredients
3-4 tablespoons sweet and sticky caramelised onions (or caramelised onion chutney)
500-600 grams peeled large waxy potato such as Desiree
200 ml double cream
200 ml full fat milk
2-3 garlic cloves, crushed or finely chopped
Salt and pepper

Method

  • In a large sauce pan place the double cream, milk, garlic, salt and pepper on a gentle heat.

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  • Peel and slice the potatoes, about 3mm thick. I used the mandoline slicer this time, but sliced by hand previously.
  • Preheat the oven to 170 C.
  • Add the potato slices into the cream and milk and simmer for 15 minutes, until the potato slices have softened a little.

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  • Use a slatted spoon to transfer about a third of the potatoes into an oven dish, arranging them so they’re reasonably flat. You don’t need to be too neat.

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  • Spread the caramelised onions evenly across the potatoes.

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  • Cover with the remaining slices of potatoes. Pour or spoon the remainder of the thickened cream and milk over the potatoes.
  • Bake for 30-40 minutes.
  • Check if done by inserting a knife into the dish; the potatoes should feel soft all the way through.

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  • The dish will stay hot for several minutes before serving, if you need time to finish other elements of the dish.

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4 Comments to "Easy Caramelised Onion & Potato Dauphinoise Recipe"

  1. Jane Willis

    I’ve never thought of adding caramelised onions to a Dauphinoise even though I often add them to Pommes Boulangere. Must try it!
    And why DO so many recipes seem to think you can caramelise onions in 10 minutes or so – depending on the quantity I take anything up to 2 hours over it. The smell drives us crazy (probably all the neighbours too)

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    kaveyeats

    It’s delish, do try it!
    And yeah, the 10 minute onion browning myth is one of those things that seems to have spread like an unchecked virus!

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  2. Sue Turner-Smith

    Sounds delicious! BTW I think you mean ‘dish’ not ‘fish’ in the last sentence 😏

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