Best 5 Purple Potato And Crab Gratin Recipes

PURPLE POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Begin by making the gratin sauce. In a small pan place the butter and melt. Over medium heat add the flour and stir to combine, approximately one minute. Slowly whisk in the milk and stir until thickened. Add cheese and when melted remove pan from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the olive oil to a frying pan and heat. Add shallots and saute until slightly brown and caramelized. Remove from the pan and set aside. Place bacon in same skillet and cook through but do not let bacon get crispy. Remove from pan and cut into one inch pieces.
• Grease a gratin dish or shallow baking dish and add one half of the sliced potatoes. Sprinkle the shallots over the potatoes and then add the remaining potato slices. Pour the gratin sauce over the potatoes and spoon into visible cracks and crevices. Top with parmesan cheese and bacon. Bake for 40 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven. Serve immediately.

PURPLE POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Slice the potatoes 1/4-inch thick.
• Melt the butter in a skillet over low heat. Add the onions and saute until almost translucent. Add the garlic just before onions are done. Stir in the cream and bring to a simmer. Add the salt along with most of the Cheddar and Parmesan.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• In a baking dish make multiple layers of sliced potatoes and cream sauce ending with a layer of cream sauce. Sprinkle with the remaining Cheddar, Parmesan, and panko.
• Bake the potatoes for 60 minutes. Cook's Note: Cooking time may be decreased by deep- frying the potato slices for 3 minutes and simmering the cheese sauce until the dish is ready to be assembled.

PURPLE POTATO, MUSHROOM AND FONTINA GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and mushrooms and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Arrange half of mushroom mixture in bottom of 13x9 inch glass baking dish. Arrange half of potatoes over. Combine salt, pepper and nutmeg in small bowl. Sprinkle half of mixture over potatoes. Spoon remaining mushroom mixture over. Arrange potatoes over mushroom mixture. Sprinkle remaining salt mixture over. Combine cream and stock in large bowl. Pour over vegetables. Cover tightly with foil. Bake until vegetables are almost tender, about 45 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees F. Uncover pan. Bake until juices thicken, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake until cheese melts and is golden brown, about 10 minutes. Cool gratin 15 minutes before serving.

POACHED HALIBUT WITH BLACK TRUFFLES AND PURPLE-POTATO AND CRAB GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. Trim beans. In a saucepan of boiling salted water cook beans until crisp-tender, 3 to 5 minutes, and with a slotted spoon transfer to ice water to stop cooking. Drain beans well and pat dry. With a pastry brush gently brush chanterelles to remove any grit and discard any tough stems. In a large saucepan heat 1 tablespoon oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook chanterelles and garlic, stirring, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated and mushrooms are softened. With a truffle slicer slice truffle into paper-thin slices. Finely chop shallots.
• In a 3-quart gratin dish (about 15 by 10 by 2 inches) toss together beans, chanterelles, and sea salt and pepper to taste. Arrange beans and chanterelles around edge of dish. Arrange halibut fillets about ․ inch apart in dish and drizzle with lemon juice. Sprinkle fillets with thyme, tarragon, truffle, and sea salt and pepper to taste. Pour stock and vin jaune or Sherry down side of dish, being careful not to disturb fillets. Sprinkle shallots over fillets and vegetables. Brush 1 side of parchment paper with remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil and arrange parchment, oiled side down, on top of fillets.
• Bake fillets in middle of oven until just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Carefully tilt gratin dish and pour cooking liquid into a small saucepan. Simmer liquid until reduced to about 1 cup and stir in sea salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve fish and vegetables over gratin and top with sauce.

ROASTED PORTOBELLO AND POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with sides with a sheet of parchment. Place mushrooms gill side up on parchment. Thinly slice 3 garlic cloves, and scatter over mushrooms. Place a thyme sprig on each mushroom, drizzle caps with olive oil, salt and pepper, and place in oven until soft and releasing liquid, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove, and allow to cool. Keep oven on.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet, add onions, and sauté over medium-low heat until soft and beginning to color. Add cream and milk, scald, and remove from heat. Use remaining butter to grease a 9-inch gratin dish about 2 inches deep. Rub dish with remaining garlic clove.
• Remove and reserve garlic from mushrooms. Discard thyme. Slice mushrooms 1/2 inch thick.
• Peel and thinly slice potatoes. Place 1/3 of the potatoes in gratin dish, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, scatter with half the reserved sliced garlic. Arrange half the mushroom slices on top. Repeat layers. Layer last third of potatoes on top. Season with salt and pepper. Pour scalded milk and cream with onions on top. Strew bread crumbs on top.
• Place gratin dish on a baking sheet, and place in oven. Bake about 1 hour, until potatoes are tender and liquid has thickened. If top browns too fast, tent with foil. Allow to stand 10 minutes, then serve.