Galette Potatoes

Name: Galette Potatoes
Ingredients: 3 to 4 baking potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced; 4 tablespoons butter or beef dripping; Salt and freshly ground pepper; Additional butter

4 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

3 to 4 baking potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
4 tablespoons butter or beef dripping
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Additional butter

Directions

1

Melt the butter in a heavy skillet that can be tightly covered.
2

Arrange the potatoes in a spiral, beginning in the center and continuing outward so that the potatoes overlap.
3

Repeat for two or three layers, dotting with butter and adding salt and pepper.
4

Cover the pan and cook slowly over medium heat till the potatoes are tender and the bottom layer is brown and crisp.
5

Either invert the potatoes on a hot platter or invert them on a tray and slip back into the pan with additional butter so that they brown on the other side.
6

Bouillon Potatoes
7

Add 1 cup or more bouillonjust enough to coverand let the potatoes simmer in the bouillon till they are tender.