Potato, Tomato And Red Onion Nicoise With Gruyere

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 garlic clove
• 3 medium potatoes, i like yukon gold
• 3 large fresh tomatoes
• 3 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil, crumbled
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon, crumbled
• 3 medium red onions
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups shredded gruyere

Recipe

• 1 cut garlic in half lengthwise, and rub inside of 1 1/2 quart shallow baking dish. finely chop rest and set aside.
• 2 cut potatoes into 1/4" slices. (peel first if using russets. you don't need to peel yukon gold or red potatoes.).
• 3 place potatoes in bowl of cold water, set aside.
• 4 in a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil.
• 5 immerse tomatoes into boiling water for 30 seconds.
• 6 remove with slotted spoon and immediately place into bowl of ice water.
• 7 using a sharp knife, peel and remove core of tomatoes. *if you don't mind the skins, you can omit this step.
• 8 cut tomatoes into 1/2" slices.
• 9 in small bowl, combine chopped parsley, 1/2 teaspoons salt, basil, nutmeg and tarragon.
• 10 peel and thinly slice the onions.
• 11 drain potatoes and pat dry.
• 12 place half of the potatoes in casserole dish, sprinkle with half of the parsley mixture and half of the chopped garlic, or to taste.
• 13 top with half of the onions and half of the tomatoes.
• 14 sprinkle the tomatoes with 1/4 teaspoons salt.
• 15 top with 1 cup gruyere.
• 16 repeat with second half of ingredients layering the same except for the cheese.
• 17 after sprinkling the top layer of tomatoes with a 1/4 teaspoons salt, cut butter into small pieces and dot top.
• 18 cover casserole loosely with foil.
• 19 bake in 400 degree oven for 45 minutes or til potatoes are fork-tender.
• 20 remove foil and top with remaining cup of gruyere cheese.
• 21 bake uncovered for 5 more minutes or until cheese is lightly browned.
• 22 also really good with sliced black olives sprinkled on top!
• 23 serve with coarse ground pepper or hot pepper flakes if desired.