Heart: 1  Drinking a lot over a long time or too much on a single occasion can damage the heart, causing problems including: 2  Cardiomyopathy â Stretching and drooping of heart muscle. 3  Arrhythmias â Irregular heart beat. 4  Stroke. 5  High blood pressure.
*In English, au gratin usually means with cheese, whereas in French it's more like baked dish with crusty top.. And according a French friend of mine, le gratin dauphinois, aka pommes de terre dauphinoises, should never include cheese.In English, au gratin usually means with cheese, whereas in French it's more like baked dish with crusty top.. And according a French friend of mine, le gratin dauphinois, aka pommes de terre dauphinoises, should never include cheese.
Cook. This classic French potato gratin dish literally translates as Potatoes in the Style of the Baker's wife. The story is, that in the past, a French family would prepare these potatoes and then take them to the local boulangerie, the baker, to be cooked in the even heat of his oven, hence the name.Any sort of good quality stock will do, chicken, lamb, beef or vegetable.irections. 1  Pre-heat oven to 150C/300F/Gas mark 3. 2  Butter a large shallow ovenproof dish. 3  Peel potatoes thinly, do not rinse. 4  Peel and slice the onions thinly. 5  Using a mandolin slice if possible,slice the potatoes very thinly, again do not rinse.