Cheddar scalloped potatoes recipe

The 9 Days are here, and for those of us whose dinner plans involve more than picking a restaurant, it's time to think of dairy or pareve dishes. Here's one that's a hit with my family and serves as a good, filling side dish with fish. I first made a variation of it for Shavuoth, though this variation was a bit better.

Allow 80 minutes to prepare this dish: 20-25 minutes for the prep and 60-65iminutes to bake Note: the dilemma here is to prepare the potatoes before you make the roux to have it ready to pop in or wait -- as I did -- until that stage was complete to peel and slice them to avoid having them discolor. 

INGREDIENTS

INGREDIENTS

1 onion, chopped

4 tablespoons butter

4 tablespoons flour

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1⁄4 teaspoon pepper

1/1⁄2 cups milk

6-7 potatoes, peeled and sliced (I used Russet)

2 cups  shredded cheddar cheese, divided into 1.5 and .5 cups

Optional ingredients: dash of cayenne pepper, thinly sliced zucchini or yellow squash and/or diced peppers to add to the potatoes.

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DIRECTIONS

Pull out a large dairy pot.

Saute chopped onions in butter until they soften but before they brown.

Combine flour, salt and pepper. Then stir the flour mixture into onion mixture. After that is combined add the milk.

Stir and cook the mixture over medium heat for about 3 minutes until it thickens.

Turn off heat.

Add 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar to the sauce and stir untill it's melted and smooth.

Add sliced potatoes and stir well to combine. (You can also add in the peppers and/or squash now if you opted for it.)

Pour mixture into a 9 x13" dish.

Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. (It's not done yet).

Remove the foil and sprinkle reserved 1/2 cup cheese over top. Bake another 30 minutes or so or until potatoes are soft and cheese appears somewhat browned.

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http://kallahmagazine.blogspot.com/2011/08/shabbos-of-vision.html

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