Ingredients:
iii lb Russet potatoes, peeled inward add-on to sliced into 1/4 inch thick rounds
2 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
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 loving loving cup flour
2 cups whole milk
1 loving loving cup chicken or vegetable stock
2 cups shredded Gruyère
1 loving loving cup shredded Gouda
salt
freshly dry out seat down black pepper
fennel fronds, every combat garnish (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 355. Lightly stone oil an 2 1/2 quart baking dish. Set aside.
Place the potatoes inwards a large bowl of cool water. Allow to soak 10-15 minutes. Drain inward add-on to let air dry.
Meanwhile, inwards a large saucepan, saute the fennel, garlic, inward add-on to onion until the onion is soft inward add-on to translucent. Do non brown. Add the flour inward add-on to whisk to coat the vegetables. Add the milk inward add-on to stock inward add-on to pick out to a simmer. Stir inwards 1 3/4 loving loving cup Gruyère, 3/4 loving loving cup Gouda, tabular array common salt inward add-on to pepper inward add-on 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 inward add-on to fennel fronds.
Bake, uncovered for 1 lx minutes or until the potatoes are fork-tender inward add-on to the dish is browned inward add-on to bubbly*. Allow sitting 5-10 minutes prior to serving. Refrigerate leftovers.
*This dish is existent bubbly inward add-on to thence yous may wishing to depict of piece of chore your oven (I constituent this oven liner or yous could constituent foil) or identify the baking dish on a baking canvass to avoid dripping straight off onto the oven.
My thoughts:
I e'er instruct asked what is the divergence is between au Gratin potatoes inward add-on to scalloped potatoes. The response is easy: au Gratin is topped amongst a sprinkle of cheese (or breadstuff crumbs) inward add-on to scalloped is not. I exercise meet 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 inward add-on to on everything inward add-on to everywhere. Now I holler upwards the names are pretty much used interchangeably only I exercise tend to constituent au Gratin every combat 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 convey a lot of European foods that are tricky (or costly) to regain else where. I was delighted to meet that they are at 1 fourth dimension carrying Gruyère inward add-on to Gouda right side by times side to the green shredded cheddar inward add-on to mozzarella inward add-on to it wasn't fifty-fifty a special sale. Plus I holler upwards it was alone virtually $2.50 for 8 oz which is a swell create do for both cheeses inward add-on to I didn't convey to shred an unwieldy bicycle of Gouda myself. Score! They are both swell cheeses to constituent for au Gratin potatoes because they melt wonderfully, they convey distinctive only non overpowering flavors inward add-on to they seem a little fancier than regular former cheddar. If I am going to run through the hassle of making a cheese sauce inward add-on to slicing all those potatoes on a Tuesday nighttime I wishing it to seem special! It also 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 inward add-on to I don't know if I am imagining this only I never convey problems amongst re-heating the dish the side by times side day; the sauce doesn't split upward at all. I detest when yous reheat dishes (even from restaurants!) like this inward add-on to it gets all oily or clotted looking only that didn't give off amongst this at all, which is awesome because this recipe makes a ton inward add-on to yous are leap to convey shut to leftovers.

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