Scalloped potatoes

So a few days ago when I posted the prosciutto brie pasta, I realized that I never made good on my promise of posting my scalloped potatoes recipe. Oh and they are just so good! I only discovered scalloped potatoes after moving out, I guess my mom never made them, but I had been missing out! 

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Ingredients

1/4 cup butter
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
2 cloves garlic crushed
2 1/4 cups shredded cheese (I had on hand cheddar and mozzarella but any kind would do)
5 large potatoes, thinly sliced (I used a mandolin to do it, so much easier and you're not afraid of slicing off your finger with the last few slices)
*If you like onions, go ahead a put some in there

Preheat oven to 375. In the meantime, make the sauce for the potatoes. Melt butter (medium heat should do, we don't want to cook it) in a saucepan (if you are putting onions, this is where you would cook them). Stir in the flour, add the milk and garlic. keep stirring until it thickens (I never changed from medium heat). Stir in 2 cups of the cheese and stir until it melts. Remove from heat. 

In a buttered or sprayed oven proof dish (I used my 9x9 Pyrex), layer the sliced potatoes. Once the potatoes are all layered, pour the sauce on top. Give your dish a little shake, this will allow the sauce to disperse. Add remaining cheese on top and put in the oven for about an hour, until is is brown and bubbly. I looked at it after about 50 minutes and mine was ready but I know my oven tends to heat a little hotter. 

Enjoy! 

Prosciutto and brie bowties

I absolutely love cheese!!! I bought this big round of brie to make baked brie when my parents were here for the holidays but with everything we didn't end up using it and it was too big for just me and my husband, so I looked up recipes with Brie. I came across one called Fettucine With Brie and Bacon. I modified it a little bit, here is what I did.

Ingredients
Bowties (or any pasta of your choice)
Brie, rind removed (I used 5 thin slices - but you can use as much or as little as you want)
Prosciutto (I used about 5 slices cut up in little pieces)
1/2 cup cream (half and half is what the site recommended but I had 35%)
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 cup grated parmesan
Pepper to taste

1. While pasta is cooking, cook prosciutto for about 5 minutes.
2. Remove from pan and add cream and broth to same skillet until slightly boiling.
3. Add parmesan and keep stirring until cheese melts.
4. Add prosciutto and pepper.
5. Reduce heat to low, add brie and keep stirring until cheese melts
6. Add cooked noodles and toss until coated with the sauce.
7. ENJOY!

This recipe was a hit with my husband and roommate!!

* Modified from this recipe http://www.yummly.com/recipe/external/Fettuccine-With-Brie-And-Bacon-Sauce-Recipezaar