Unfortunately, a new job and a trip to Lisbon have made it pretty difficult to put up any new recipes for a while. Apologies. Anyway, we had some old friends over for the weekend and I needed to put together a tasty supper that was quick and easy – I served the pork loin wrapped in Parma ham from an earlier post and paired it with delicious Pommes Coq d’Or and sautéed courgettes. Nom.

Serves 4

• 175ml chicken stock
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 750g of waxy potatoes
• 25g of butter
• Optional: alternate the potato layers with wafer thin slices of either celeriac or cauliflower

To make…

• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Butter the inside of  a large ovenproof gratin dish.
• Make up 175ml chicken stock with a good quality stock cube or gel pot.
• Mash 2 cloves of garlic with a little sea salt and black pepper until it turns to a paste and add it to the stock.
• Peel and thinly slice 750g of waxy potatoes – use a mandolin if you have one.
• Layer the thin slices of potato evenly in the dish to a maximum of up to 4 layers.
• Pour the chicken stock over the potatoes to come just below the top layer.
• Dot the top layer with about 25g of butter.
• Bake in the oven for about an hour until cooked through and golden on top.

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