Wanted a side dish to go with the meatloaf I was making but I wanted something different than my usual corn or beans or broccoli. Had some taters, onion and smoked cheese hanging around. I thought what a combination, can't go wrong there.
Grated up some smoked sharp cheddar, smoked colby jack and smoked havarti. About 2 cups worth of cheese all together. Made a cheese sauce out of it. Just a basic Béchamel sauce, basically just 3 TSP of butter and 3 TSP of flour made into a roux then I added 1 cup of milk to it then added the cheese added to it. I guess that would be a Mornay sauce. But let's not get too technical. I boiled 5 medium sized Red potatoes in their skins for about 15 minutes, cooled in cold water and diced them up. Yukon golds would be good too. You don't want a tater that's too starchy. Sauteed a bit of finely chopped onion, about a cup, in some bacon grease from the strip of bacon I fried and threw it in a casserole dish. Added the diced potatoes, covered it with the cheese sauce and mixed it well. Baked it at 375 for around 50 minutes. Everyone loved them. I will make this one again for sure.
A Meatloaf Marvin O'Day would be proud of.
Cheese, Bacon and Onions, boiled potatoes. Wish I'd had more bacon. But it was kinda spur of the moment.
The sauce. I think this would be good poured over anything.
Ready to go in the oven. I added about a half cup of water to it in the casserole dish so it would dry out too much while baking.
Oh yeah. That's what I'm talkin about. Golden brown goodness.
Thanks for watching.
Grated up some smoked sharp cheddar, smoked colby jack and smoked havarti. About 2 cups worth of cheese all together. Made a cheese sauce out of it. Just a basic Béchamel sauce, basically just 3 TSP of butter and 3 TSP of flour made into a roux then I added 1 cup of milk to it then added the cheese added to it. I guess that would be a Mornay sauce. But let's not get too technical. I boiled 5 medium sized Red potatoes in their skins for about 15 minutes, cooled in cold water and diced them up. Yukon golds would be good too. You don't want a tater that's too starchy. Sauteed a bit of finely chopped onion, about a cup, in some bacon grease from the strip of bacon I fried and threw it in a casserole dish. Added the diced potatoes, covered it with the cheese sauce and mixed it well. Baked it at 375 for around 50 minutes. Everyone loved them. I will make this one again for sure.
A Meatloaf Marvin O'Day would be proud of.
Cheese, Bacon and Onions, boiled potatoes. Wish I'd had more bacon. But it was kinda spur of the moment.
The sauce. I think this would be good poured over anything.
Ready to go in the oven. I added about a half cup of water to it in the casserole dish so it would dry out too much while baking.
Oh yeah. That's what I'm talkin about. Golden brown goodness.
Thanks for watching.