Potatoes Au Gratin

This was a recipe from tonight: I had a hankerin' for potatoes with cheese- and we'd not made this

for a long time.

Potatoes au Gratin

Recipe Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse

Prep Time:

25 min

Inactive Prep Time:

hr min

Cook Time:

15 min

Level:

Serves:

4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups whole milk
Salt and white pepper
1 1/2 pounds new red potatoes, cooked and sliced 1/2-inch thick
3 ounces grated Cheddar cheese
3 ounces grated Monterey cheese

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease an 8 cup rectangular baking dish with
1 tablespoon butter. In a nonreactive saucepan, over medium heat, melt the remaining butter. Stir in the flour
and cook for 2 minutes. Whisk in the milk and cook until the liquid is slightly thick and coats the back of a
spoon, about 4 to 6 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat. In a mixing bowl, toss the
sliced new potatoes with salt and pepper. Fold in the cream sauce and pour into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the
top of the potatoes with the grated cheese. Place the pan in the oven and bake until golden brown and bubbly,

about 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for a couple of minutes before serving.

Enchiladas

Enchilada Filling

2 Chicken Breasts 1 Ranch Steak 1 can Diced Tomatoes 1 packet Taco Bell Taco Seasoning 1 tsp Chile Powder 1/2 tsp Cumin 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika Vegetable Stock 2cups Presoaked Beans (Pinto) 1 can Black Beans (optional) 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup From: Made up as I go.

-Presoak Beans the night before -Early in the day of the meal, start a crock pot on high heat -Put everything in this list in the crock pot, and use enough veg stock to cover everything. Allow to simmer for the day. -Check doneness of beans about 2 hours before dinner is served. If they are still a bit al dente take out the meats and pour all the fluid and beans into a pot. Add veg stock if needed and boil the beans until they become tender. -Preheat Oven to 425 -Shred Chicken. Combine with some of the mixture from the beans (by the time they were done, the fluids were very reduced to a syrupy texture) and a fair amount of cheese. Stir in the can of Cream of Chicken soup. This should result in a fairly stiff mixture of all these ingredients. Should not be watery or very loose. -Dice beef. Combine with some of the mixture from the beans, and a fair amount of Cheese. Add in some black beans for extra flavor.

Enchilada Assembly

Recipe Enchilada Fillings, Beef and Chicken 2 large cans Enchilada sauce, Red or Green LOTS Cheese, Mozzarella and Cheddar 30ct bag Tortillas 2 Glass Baking Dishes From: Various sources

-Pour some Enchilada sauce in the two glass baking dishes, making a thin layer in the bottom. -Pour more on a dish -With clean hands, rub enchilada sauce from the dish into each tortilla, back and front as you go: -Fill each moist tortilla with some filling. Roll it up and place it seam side down in the dish. -Continue this until the mixture is gone. I used a smaller dish for beef enchiladas, and a larger dish that I filled completely with chicken enchiladas. -pour more enchilada sauce on the enchiladas, until they are almost completely submerged in it. -Cover generously with cheese. -Bake until heated through and cheese is bubbly. Makes good leftovers.