Jansson`s Temptation Recipe

A Swedish way with potatoes - said to have tempted one Jansson, a divine who had denied himself all pleasures.

Peel the potatoes and slice them into juliennes. Do not rinse. Peel and slice the onions. Mix the potatoes and onions together. Grease a gratin dish and put in two layers of the potato mixture, topped in each instance by a crisscross of anchovies and a grinding of pepper. Pour in half of the cream and pour the oil from the anchovy can over the top. Bake in a preheated 425: oven for 20 minutes. Add the remainder of the cream and turn the oven down to 300:. Continue baking for 40 minutes or until the potatoes are tested done when poked with a knife or a fork and the top is golden brown. Put under the broiler until the crust is browned if the crust looks too pale. Serve hot.