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emibalestr OP t1_iy1dlns wrote

Alright this will be a long set of instructions but stay with me here:

  1. ⁠Peel and slice 2 large russet potatoes super thin (like thinnest setting)
  2. ⁠As you’re slicing, place slices in a bowl filled with heavy cream, salt, white pepper, spices of your choice
  3. ⁠Make sure to mix potatoes with cream mixture as you keep adding slices
  4. ⁠Grab a loaf tin and line it with parchment paper. Lightly grease with melted butter
  5. ⁠Layer thinly sliced potatoes into the loaf pan one by one, stack them to create a layers until the pan is full
  6. ⁠Cover the top potato layer with parchment paper and press down on it with another loaf pan
  7. ⁠Remove the top loaf pan and bake at 320f for 1.5 hours
  8. ⁠Remove from oven, and place the loaf pan on top of the potatoes again. Place something heavy (like some cans or something) on the top loaf pan and refrigerate overnight
  9. ⁠Take out from fridge and potatoes should be significantly compressed
  10. ⁠Take the potato brick out of the pan, slice, and fry!
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InnovativeFarmer t1_iy1b68v wrote

The sauce she uses is like a bechamel but not quite a bechamel.

Thats why a typed "a bechamel like sauce" and "its not quite a bechamel" that she uses to make her cheese sauce. Its not a mornay. That because is not even a bechamel she uses to make her cheese sauce. Its closer to the gravy she uses for cream chipped beef. Sometimes she just uses corn starch to thicken and there were a few times just used a thickening agent she got from an eldery friend of hers. Its what she has on hand.

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