INGREDIENTS 1.2 kg medium sized potatoes 200 gr bacon 4 tblsp Horio Soft with Cow Butter 3 tblsp flour 250 gr milk cream 150 gr grated Horio Graviera Long Maturation cheese 1 pinch nutmeg Salt, pepper | | DIRECTIONS- Peel the potatoes
- Place in a pot and immerse them completely in water
- Lightly season with salt and add 1 tbsp Horio Soft with Cow Butter
- Boil the potatoes for a half hour (they needn’t be fully cooked)
- Drain potatoes and let them cool off, then slice them into round slices
- Place the round slices in a pan, limiting as much as possible the uncovered spaces (the edges of the potatoes should be touching)
- Chop the bacon into small pieces, about the size of a bean
- Saute the bacon in a frying pan, without adding anything; Allow the bacon to saute in its own fat until they are crispy
- Spread bacon on top of potatoes
- In a small pot, heat the remaining butter
- As soon as the butter is melted you add the flour and mix until the flour hardens
- Pour the milk cream and mix well, until a thick bechamel sauce has formed
- Remove from the fire and inside the pot, pour the grated Horio Graviera Long Maturation cheese, some ground nutmeg and salt and pepper
- Pour the bechamel on top of the potatoes and bacon
- Cover the pan with aluminum foil and cook in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 15 minutes
- Remove the pan from the oven and allow it to cool before serving square-shaped pieces
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