madebyjade

+ cream + paprika

The name says it all. Whoever Jansen was, he knew the way to everybody’s heart.  My mother was introduced to this dish by my father’s mother and since then it has been a firm family favourite. Whenever we dream about what we want to eat that evening – Jansen’s Temptations takes us very softly to cloud nine. The secret to get there? Use real smoked Hungarian paprika, which you will definitely find at a good deli. You can add proper Hungarian salami, too.

To tempt 4 people you need:

8 big potatoes
500ml single cream
3 heaped teaspoons smoked Hungarian paprika

To start:

Step 1: Put the oven on 180 °C. Wash and peel the spuds. Place the peeled potatoes directly into another bowl and cover with water to prevent them from going oxidising and going brown. This is the toughest part of the entire dish!.

Step 2: Slice the potatoes lengthways (1/2 cm thick). In an ovenproof dish, start layering the slices, slightly overlapping them. Sprinkle half a teaspoon of paprika over each layer. Do this with all the potatoes. Ideally, you should get about three to four layers of potatoes.

Step 3: Oh, this is the fun part – pour the cream over the potatoes gently so that they are completely submerged.

Step 4: Sprinkle a last teaspoon paprika generously on top of the dish, cover with foil and pop it in the oven for one hour (the time will vary according to the potatoes you use, so start checking at 45 minutes). Check if it is ready by inserting a knife into the layers. If it slides in and out effortlessly, your dish is ready.

If you use salami, add a layer iinbetween every layer of potatoes, ending with potatoes.