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Cheesy Potato Bake

A dish with + butter and cheddar cheese at the center. On the table in about 45 minutes.

Serves 4 · 45 min · American

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 1 oz + Butter
  • 8⅞ oz Cheddar Cheese
  • 1⅛ cups Milk
  • ⅝ oz Flour
  • 1⅓ lb Potatoes
  • As much bacon as you want to garnish
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 30g+ Butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 250g Cheddar Cheese → lactose-free or aged hard cheese (naturally lower lactose)
  • 275ml Milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Preparation:
  2. Preheat to 180C
  3. Butter deep baking dish
  4. Peal and thinly slice potatoes
  5. Grate Cheese
  6. Sauce:
  7. Melt Butter in Pot
  8. Slowly add flour and stir constantly
  9. After 2 min or bubbly remove from heat
  10. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly
  11. Add 3/4 of the cheese
  12. Salt and Pepper to taste
  13. Assembly:
  14. Add a thin layer of potatoes to the dish
  15. Add a layer of cheese sauce
  16. Add bacon
  17. Repeat steps 1-3 of assembly until there are no more potatoes/sauce
  18. Add the remaining 1/4 cheese to the top
  19. Put in oven for 45 min. If it starts to brown too much cover with tinfoil
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories483
Protein20.9 g
Fat29.7 g
Carbs34.0 g
Fiber3.3 g
Sodium443 mg

Source

based.cooking (community recipes, public domain) — unlicense