Potatoes French

In the United States potato French call what we call French fries, and we are under this name mean baked potato dish with cheese - these things! Let's see how prepared "Russian" potato French - recipes with photo in this article.

Potato French was extremely popular in the 90s, when every other owner in our country was preparing him for the holidays as a hot meal, usually adding in meat. And all because this dish is quite simple to prepare, tasty and with a beautiful design. What is meant by this dish? First of all, of course, the potato, cut in thin plastics, also the main component of food - cheese, is important for achieving the classic taste of onions and mayonnaise, but the rest is at your discretion: you can add meat, mushrooms, and vegetables.

Potatoes in French with the addition of meat is widely known here as the meat in French. Preparing it the same way: layers are potatoes, onions, all covered with mayonnaise and cheese, only the first or the second layer is also meat, thinly sliced and repulsed.

Another advantage of the potatoes in French can be attributed to the fact that the dish is quite self-sufficient, as at the same time and the main meat and side dishes on one plate, especially if you add in the recipe of tomato or other vegetable.

Recipe dishes, of which we speak, was not born in a pure form in France - it was the result of the transformation became widely known dishes "Veau Orloff" - meat, cooked potato, cheese and mushrooms to count Orlov. As a result, we have a national dish of food, and, Russian, because it is our hostess has modified the original recipe Veau Orloff to the present: there is no meat in the house - not a problem, because you can make a similar dish without it, calling it a potato in French! At the same time, in French cuisine, there is a dish called "gratin" or "AU gratin" is potato casserole, which is prepared similarly, but uses more cream than mayonnaise.

Recipe potatoes in French

You will need: 200g mayonnaise, 150g cheese, 12-14 medium potatoes, 2 onions large garlic cloves, fresh herbs, black pepper, salt.

How to cook potatoes in French. Peel and chop the potatoes plastics thickness by a maximum of 0.5 cm, put in greased with vegetable oil form, pepper and salt, you can also sprinkle with spices to taste. The next layer is put sliced onions. Stir passed through the press garlic with mayonnaise, on a coarse grater grate the cheese. Put the cheese on onion, coat top with garlic mayonnaise. To cook the dish in a preheated 180 to 200 degrees oven for 40 minutes until Golden brown. Before serving, sprinkle the dish with chopped parsley.

It's very simple and delicious! If you are confused by this amount of mayonnaise, simply replace it with sour cream or make homemade mayonnaise. Bon appetit!

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