Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 1/2 cups milk
  • cracked pepper
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 2 minced garlic cloves
  • 6 small potatoes
  • 2 small sweet onions (such as Vidalia)
  • 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
  • Italian breadcrumbs
  • 1/4 cup melted butter

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9x13 baking dish.
  • Melt 2 tablespoons.
  • butter in small saucepan over medium heat and whisk in 1 tablespoons.
  • flour.
  • Add milk in slowly, constantly stirring.
  • Add cracked pepper, oregano, basil and minced garlic and whisk until well blended and slightly thickened and set aside.
  • Thinly slice potatoes and onions separating the onions into rings.
  • Layer 1/3 of the potato slices, 1/2 of the onion rings and 1 cup of the cheddar cheese.
  • Repeat one more time.
  • End with the last 1/3 of the potato slices on the top.
  • Pour the cream sauce evenly over potatoes, cover with bread crumbs and sprinkle melted butter over all.
  • Bake covered for 1 hour, uncover and bake 15 minutes more or until done.