Fennel Irish Gaelic Patato Au Gratin

Ingredients:
iii lb Russet potatoes, peeled inwards improver to sliced into 1/4 inch thick rounds
ii 1/2 tablespoons butter
1 small-scale bulb fennel, sliced into 1/4 inch thick half-moons
1 medium onion, sliced into 1/4 inch thick half-moons
ii cloves garlic, minced
1/3 loving loving cup flour
ii cups whole milk
1 loving loving cup chicken or vegetable stock
ii cups shredded Gruyère
1 loving loving cup shredded Gouda
salt
freshly dry out reason black pepper
fennel fronds, every chip garnish (optional)


Directions:
Preheat oven to 355. Lightly fossil oil an ii 1/2 quart baking dish. Set aside.

Place the potatoes inwards a large bowl of cool water. Allow to soak 10-15 minutes. Drain inwards improver to permit air dry.

Meanwhile, inwards a large saucepan, saute the fennel, garlic, inwards improver to onion until the onion is soft inwards improver to translucent. Do non brown. Add the flour inwards improver to whisk to coat the vegetables. Add the milk inwards improver to stock inwards improver to lead to a simmer. Stir inwards 1 3/4 loving loving cup Gruyère, 3/4 loving loving cup Gouda, tabular array tabular array salt inwards improver to pepper inwards improver to cook, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens.

Arrange half of the potatoes inwards the prepared baking dish. Pour half of the cheese mixture over the potatoes. Top amongst remaining potatoes. Pour the remaining sauce over the potatoes. Sprinkle amongst remaining shredded cheese inwards improver to fennel fronds.

Bake, uncovered for 1 lx minutes or until the potatoes are fork-tender inwards improver to the dish is browned inwards improver to bubbly*. Allow sitting 5-10 minutes prior to serving. Refrigerate leftovers.


*This dish is existent bubbly inwards improver to thence yous may wishing to depict of piece of chore your oven (I purpose this oven liner or yous could purpose foil) or identify the baking dish on a baking canvass to avoid dripping instantly onto the oven.

My thoughts:

I e'er instruct asked what is the divergence is between au Gratin potatoes inwards improver to scalloped potatoes. The answer is easy: au Gratin is topped amongst a sprinkle of  cheese (or breadstuff crumbs) inwards improver to scalloped is not. I do run into a lot of scalloped murphy recipes amongst cheese inwards them which I holler upwards is a reflection of our country's urge to pose cheese inwards inwards improver to on everything inwards improver to everywhere. Now I holler upwards the names are pretty much used interchangeably only I do tend to purpose au Gratin every chip it was originally intended because inwards my mind, scalloped potatoes are quite different.

I've been shopping at Aldi lately because non alone is it cheap, they receive got a lot of European foods  that are tricky (or costly) to regain else where. I was delighted to run into that they are at 1 fourth dimension carrying Gruyère inwards improver to Gouda right side by times side to the common shredded cheddar inwards improver to mozzarella inwards improver to it wasn't fifty-fifty a particular sale. Plus I holler upwards it was alone virtually $2.50 for 8 oz which is a swell acquire by for both cheeses inwards improver to I didn't receive got to shred an unwieldy cycle of Gouda myself. Score! They are both swell cheeses to purpose for au Gratin potatoes because they melt wonderfully, they receive got distinctive only non overpowering flavors inwards improver to they seem a niggling fancier than regular quondam cheddar. If I am going to acquire through the hassle of making a cheese sauce inwards improver to slicing all those potatoes on a Tuesday nighttime I wishing it to seem special! It likewise makes the dish holiday-worthy, I think.

This is a rich, creamy dish, I admit only I lightened it upwards a chip by times using 1/3 stock for the liquid rather than 100% milk. I holler upwards it adds a chip more than flavour to the finished dish inwards improver to I don't know if I am imagining this only I never receive got problems amongst re-heating the dish the side by times side day; the sauce doesn't separate at all. I detest when yous reheat dishes (even from restaurants!) similar this inwards improver to it gets all oily or clotted looking only that didn't laissez passer on off amongst this at all, which is awesome because this recipe makes a ton inwards improver to yous are jump to receive got closed to leftovers.


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