As soon as I took the first bite of this 5-Minute Individual Potato Gratin, I immediately thought of my Mom. She’s a big fan of gratins, as am I, and I know she will love these. The recipe comes from Melissa D’Arabian, the newest addition to Food Network‘s line-up (you can read more about her here), and when she was making this, she mentioned that her little girls love helping her make it. After you get the chopping out of the way, it’s a great recipe to get help from the little hands in your house, since the rest of it is layer, layer, layer.
With just a bit of chopping and layering, the recipe is very easy prep-wise, and once all the ingredients are layered in the muffin tin, it peacefully does its thing in the oven for 35-40 minutes. Once you have it in the oven, it’s the perfect time to begin working on your main course … I made a Chicken Fried Steak recipe for dinner, and by the time the steak was done, so were the potatoes, perfect timing.
The individual nature of the dish makes it a great little side for your next grown-up soiree, but the ease of the recipe makes it perfect for a hectic weeknight as well. And, of course, if your kids will eat this sort of thing, all the better. Nick said he would “force” himself to try it and managed to make it through one whole individual gratin, so I’ll take that as a personal victory. I took one gratin apart and gave Madeline the potato pieces, so it worked well for the toddler set too.
As for me?
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