I actually made them last night and I'm impressed. Since I moved out here to Belgium, another thing that I started to miss was au gratin potatoes. So again wondering around looking at potato recipes, I came across a recipe and decided I had all the ingredients already so why not.
I think next time when I make the cheese sauce I shall put 1 cup cheese and 1/2 cup more milk to make it a bit thinner and a bit mellower in the salty cheese taste. But other then that, I loved the recipe and plan to make it again. Got some great photos to place with it too!
Creamy Potato Au Gratin
Ingredients For Cheese Sauce1/4 cup GF flour
2 TBS butter
2 cups low fat milk (can use whole milk if you want this recipe even creamier)
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Ingredients For Main Dish
2 pounds potatoes (what ever ones you prefer)
1 recipe hot cheddar cheese sauce (recipe will follow)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese - optional
1/2 cup GF bread crumbs - optional
paprika - optional
Directions For Cheese Sauce - Option #1
In medium sauce pan, melt butter. Remove from heat and whisk in flour until well combined. Stir in milk slowly while whisking to make sure it is evenly mixed and you have no clumps.
Note For Cheese Sauce If you prefer to have a thinner sauce use 2 1/2 cups milk instead of 2 cups and cut cheese to 1 cup instead of 1 1/2 cups. Follow all directions otherwise.
Return to a medium/low heat. Whisk continuously until mixer is almost boiling and has turned thick. Again, remove from heat and add shredded cheese, mix until cheese is melted through out.
Directions For Main Dish
Preheat oven to 350f or 175c. Lightly grease/butter/spray rectangular baking pan.
Peel and slice potatoes into about 1/4 inch slices. Boil potatoes on high heat for about 8minutes. This step is needed because your cheese sauce will not fully cook the potatoes until soft before the cheese sauce becomes browned and ready for serving. I usually add a chicken cube to the water as I boil potatoes for an extra flavor.
Place half the semi cooked potatoes in the prepared baking dish and cover with 1/2 the cheese sauce over them. Mix bread crumbs and parmesan cheese together if choosing to use and sprinkle half the mixture over cheese sauce.
Repeat the above process with the rest of the potatoes, cheese sauce and bread crumb mixture if using the bread crumbs. Sprinkle top with paprika if so desired but this is purely for looks and not taste.
Bake in preheated oven for about 25minutes or until dish is bubbling and has turned to the dark dish of golden brown.
This dish can sit in the still warm oven with the temperature turned off for another 30minutes if needing it to stay warm with no problems or worries.
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