Nana's Reinvented Scalloped Potatoes

As Easter approached this 2012, I got a lot of inquiries about my blog. Mostly, why I had not posted in a while. Quite frankly, live got in the way. Work, my husband's illness, family, dogs and puppies but mostly and undesire to just sit down and enter the recipies. I knew my blog would be a huge undertaking but I really thought I could do a recipe a day!!!! LOLOLOLOL I would like to be more realistic and get maybe one a week for the remainder of the year. So let me start with this one!

Our Nana loved scalloped potatoes. Unfortunately, hers were always a bit dry. I took her recipe and added a lot more liquid to make this a triump this past Easter 2012.

Nana & Daba cerca 1940

Nana's Reinvented Scalloped Potatoes:
 6 cups of thinly sliced potatoes
1/2 cup chopped/minced onion (dice finely with chopped)
1 stick of butter
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1/4 cup of flour
6 cups of milk

Peel almost 5 lbs of idaho potatoes (minus 2). Using a mandalyn or knife, slice potatoes almost paper thin. Place in a bowl and cover with water until you are ready to assemble the dish. Drain and pat before assemly.

In a large saucepan melt butter on low heat and add finely minced onion (dried minced onion will work too but you need to hydrated them, so add 1/2 more milk to the mixture.) Stir in the salt, pepper and then the flour to make a roux. Add milk to saucepan. Bring to a boil and then simmer until ready to prepare dish.

Grease a 9" x 13" baking dish. Pour an ample laddle of cream mixture on the bottom of the dish. Now take the sliced, drained potatoes and layer them across the entire bottom of the baking dish on top of the cream mixture. Pour another 2 laddles on top of that. Repeat the potatoes and cream mixture until all is used.

Bake at 350*, uncovered for about 60-70 minutes. Potatoes should be tender and top bubbly and lightly browned. Serve immediately. If you need to wait to serve, cover in foil completely (top and bottom) and then cover in a heavy towel to maintain the heat. This can perserve it for about 3hrs.

Serve with ham or any other meat and vegetable dish.