Pommes de terre Anna (Potatoes Anna)

Ingredients

• potatoes
• butter
• seasoning

Instructions

1. Trim the potatoes into cylinders and slice them into fine rounds.
2. Wash the rounds and dry them in a cloth.
3. Butter richly the mould special to these potatoes, or a thick-bottomed sauteuse.
4. Lay the rounds in the bottom in overlapping circular rows, each new row set in the opposite direction.
5. Season, then spread a layer of butter over this first bed.
6. Build a second bed the same way, its rows laid the opposite way, and continue to 5 or 6 beds, seasoning and putting a layer of butter between each.
7. Cover the utensil and cook in a good oven for half an hour, turning the cake over if that is needed for an even colour.
8. Turn out on to a saucepan lid to drain the butter, then slide on to the serving dish.