====== Potato Gratin Galway Blazers ======

  *3 cups cream
  *3 cups reduced fat milk
  *3 cup leeks - thinly sliced
  *1 1/2 tsp salt
  *3/4 tsp ground pepper
  *5 lb russet or Yukon gold potatoes - peeled and cut into 1/4" thick slices
  *12 thyme sprigs
  *2 bay leaf
  *6 garlic cloves
  *cooking spray
  *1 1/2 cup grated shredded gruyere cheese
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  - Large batch - see Galway Blazers' Potato Gratin for 3lb version or do half batch in 9"x9" pan 
  - Preheat oven to 375F
  - Place all ingredients except cooking spray and cheese in dutch oven and bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 min. Discard thyme and bay leaf.
  - Coat 13x9" baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange 1/2 of potato slices in bottom of dish. Top with 1/2 of cheese, add remaining potatoes and top with remaining cheese.
  - Bake for 1 hr or top is golden. Allow to stand 10 min. before serving.
 

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  Serves: 12       Total cooking time: 40 min.
  Source: M fox hunting magazine summer 2013
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