recipe: potatoes anna

i stumbled across a picture of this dish online and thought it was ingenious. i have NO idea where that recipe went, but all recipes i saw for this online were mostly the same, so i made a fusion of them all:

ingredients list: (this was for 3 people, estimating 1 potato/person)
3 russet potatoes
3-4 tbsp butter, melted
salt
pepper

to make:
preheat oven to 350 degrees. butter (or grease) the bottom of a 9" pie plate. slice the potatoes as thin as you can get them (a lot of recipes call for them about 1/4 inch thick, i sliced until they were about 3mm). arrange potatoes in a circular pattern on the bottom of the pie plate, making sure your best potato slices are on this bottom layer since this will end up being the top of your finished dish (kind of like a potato gratin upside down cake). after the first single layer is down, brush with butter and season with salt & pepper. repeat layers until all potatoes are gone, baking between 45-60 minutes. potatoes will be done when a nice golden crispy crust forms. to serve, invert pie plate over your serving dish, being careful not to destroy everything AND to gently peel off any potatoes which may still stick to the pan.

mine didn't come out as crispy as i'd like throughout the entire dish (only the top), but i think some of that had to do with the juicy chicken that was cooking next to it... next time i'll drop the pie plate into the toaster and let these cook on their own in the dry oven. these came out with a lot of flavor for 4 ingredients, but would be really good to try with adding garlic, parmesan or cheddar, onion. definitely a cute company dish. 7 stars overall *******.