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Dueling Potatoes

Courses: Side dish
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups 474mlBaking potatoes - (1 3/4 lbs) (large)
1 cup 237mlSweet potato - (3/4 lb) (large)
2   Eggs - (to 3)
1 1/2 cups 355mlWhipping cream
1 tablespoon 15mlMinced garlic
1 tablespoon 15mlShallot - minced (large)
1 1/2 cups 219g / 7.7ozGrated Cheddar cheese - (6 oz)
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Peel the baking and sweet potatoes and slice them 1/8 inch thick. Combine the eggs, whipping cream, garlic and shallot and blend well.

Heat the oven to 300 degrees. In a 13- by 9-inch baking dish, arrange 1 layer of sliced baking potatoes, then sprinkle them with some of the cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper. Top them with a layer of sweet potatoes, then more cheese, salt and pepper. Keep alternating layers until all potatoes are used, ending with a layer of cheese.

Pour the cream mixture over the top and cover the pan with foil. Bake for 2 hours. Remove the foil and bake until the potatoes are golden brown, another 40 minutes.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Each serving: 323 calories; 206 mg sodium; 118 mg cholesterol; 17 grams fat; 10 grams saturated fat, 33 grams carbohydrates; 10 grams protein; 2.81 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 07-04-2001

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