Could someone explain the difference between....?

Question

...potato gratin and potato dauphinoise? (If any) Thanks

Answer 1

According to Julia Child 'Potatoes Dauphinois' is actually 'Gratin Dauphinois' and therefore a particular kind of gratin. She states that "there are as many 'authentic' versions of gratin dauphinois as there are of bouillabaisse."

Her recipe in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" calls for potatoes, milk, swiss cheese, garlic, salt and pepper.

Answer 2

Potato Dauphinoise
¼ hours 30 min prep
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4 medium potatoes sliced
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2-3 cloves garlic, crushed and chopped finely
salt
fresh ground black pepper
grated nutmeg
1 cup cream (low fat is fine)
1 cup milk (no fat or low fat is fine)
1 cup grated tasty cheese (low fat is fine)

Potato Gratin
2 cups heavy cream
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
1/4 cup minced onions
6 large peeled sliced potatoes (1/16 inch)
4 ounces grated gruyere cheese
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Looks like the only difference is the the eggs in the potato gratin doesn't it? Maybe its a different name for the same darn thing just to confuse us!!!! :)

Answer 3

gratin potatoes are grated fried or roasted in the oven. it is best to squeeze the water out first to cook better. dauphinoise are sliced potatoes with cream or milk with a cheese topping

Answer 4

Wikipedia says they're one and the same (see sources).

Gratin refers to the dish in which they are cooked ("au gratin" would mean "with a gratin"). "Dauphinoise" sounds to me like the Dauphin family decided to somehow take credit for the recipe, and they may well have been the first recorded or best known instance of the creamy cheese-laden version of the recipe. ("-oise" in French is roughly equivalent to our "-ese", so it'd be like "Dauphin-ese potatoes".)

Answer 5

Potato Gratin is potao layered with a cheese sauce and the outher one os potato layered with onion, and garlic.

Both baked in the oven and just as equally delicious.

Answer 6

potato gratin is grated potato that is fried until golden. bit like rosti.

dauphinoise is potatoe cooked in cream with onions and garlic. cheese can also be added.

hope that helps

Answer 7

Mylady the difference it's quite very simple
one potato has gratin
and the other potato has that kind of french thing called dauphinoise
and maybe it's a little noisy too
I don't know
I don't used to hear my potatoes too often.

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Could someone explain the difference between....?
...potato gratin and potato dauphinoise? (If any) Thanks

Answer 9

one of them is called gratin and the other called dauphinoise

other than that they both involve potatoes :)


if i told you anymore i would have to kill you, sorry.



otherwise, look them both up on wikipedia
and then see what the difference is for yourself :)

happy potatoing..

Answer 10

i believe it has to do with how it is made, the kind of cheeses, and how the cheeses are incorporated with the potatoes. not sure. sry