Potatoes Au Gratin

Ingredients

• medium-sized potatoes
• butter size of an egg
• one-half cup grated cheese
• two tablespoons dry bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Hash cold boiled potatoes with milk and butter, season, then place in a baking dish.

2. 2

   Top with cheese and bread crumbs, then bake until brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potatoes Au Gratin. . Hash cold boiled potatoes, put on the stove with little milk, butter size of an egg, and boil five minutes; season with salt and pepper (use just enough milk to make them creamy), then put in a baking-dish and put one-half cup grated cheese, two tablespoons dry bread crumbs, mix crumbs and cheese to- gether, and put melted butter over the top. Bake until brown. Mrs. Bovee. Netherlands Potatoes. Chop eight potatoes fine, one tablespoon of lard in frying pan. When hot drop potatoes in and salt to taste. Don't turn them until a light brown. Delmonico's Potatoes. Pare and cut into dice enough potatoes to fill a quart measure; butter a granite baking-pan, put in a layer of potatoes, and a sprinkle each of salt, pepper, chopped onion and parsley; dot bits of butter about. Then another layer of potatoes, with the seasoning and butter, until all the potatoes are used. Fill up with milk enough to let the potatoes show through. Bake in a moderate oven three-quarters of an hour. You may use cold boiled potatoes if you like. Mrs. J. W. Nicholson. Filled Potatoes. Bake smooth, medium-sized potatoes

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