Potato Bake With Garlic And Rosemary

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 60 g butter or 60 g margarine
• 1/4 cup plain flour
• 2 1/3 cups skim milk
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 teaspoon rosemary, finely chopped
• 2 cups low-fat cheese, grated
• 3 large potatoes, about 300g each, peeled and thinly sliced
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius grease a 6cm deep 24cm square baking dish.
• 2 melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. add the flour and cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes or until bubbly. remove from the heat.
• 3 slowly add the milk, stirring constantly until well combined. return to the heat. add the rosemary and the garlic, and cook, stirring, until the sauce comes to the boil.
• 4 add 1 1/2 cups of the cheese and stir in to combine.
• 5 arrange 1/3 of the potatoes over the base of the baking dish, so that they overlap slightly. season with salt and pepper. spoon 1/3 of the sauce over the potatoes. repeat twice more, then sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• 6 bake in the oven for approx 1 hour, or until the potatoes are tender and the top is golden. if the top begins to brown too much, cover with foil.