Potatoes, milk, and cream. You need little more than that to make gratin dauphinois, proof that French cuisine doesn’t have to be complicated, and often relies solely on simple ingredients to create a ...

The dauphinois, a rich gratin of sliced potatoes and cream, is not, unlike the deep-fried potato profiteroles that so flummoxed MasterChef contestants last year, named after royalty - but in my ...