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    DELMONICO POTATOES


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    List of Ingredients




    3 lb potatoes (12-15 medium potatoes)
    1/3 cup uncooked white rice
    6 Tbsp butter
    6 Tbsp flour
    3 cups milk
    1 tsp salt
    1/2 tsp pepper
    2 lb sharp cheddar cheese

    Recipe




    (1) Boil the potatoes in salted water until they are
    cooked firm, about 20 or 30 minutes. Let them
    cool, then dice them into 1/2-inch cubes.

    (2) Cook the rice in 1 cup of water with 1/4 tsp of
    salt. Cook until soft, about 20 minutes. Drain.

    (3) Make 3 cups of medium white sauce: heat the milk
    in a saucepan; in another saucepan, melt butter
    and brown flour in it. When flour is brown, dump
    hot milk all at once into flour/butter mixture.
    Add salt and pepper, simmer for 10 minutes or
    more, stirring frequently.

    (4) Into the white sauce, stir 1/2 pound of grated
    cheddar and the cooked rice. Mix well.

    (5) Mix the sauce with the cold potatoes, then pour
    into a buttered baking dish. Sprinkle generously
    with 1 1/2 pounds of cheddar. Bake 1 hour at 325
    deg. F.

    (6) Let it cool, and put it in the refrigerator. Wait
    at least a day. Then reheat and serve.

    NOTES
    My grandmother always peeled the potatoes when she made this
    recipe; I never do. I think that women of her generation
    were taught by their home economics teachers that unpeeled
    potatoes were a sign of moral decay.

    The most maddening thing about this recipe is how much
    better it tastes the second day. There is no reason why you
    can't eat it fresh out of the oven, but if you can muster
    the will power to put it aside after it has cooked and to
    let it wait a day, the flavor will improve dramatically.


 

 

 


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