Potato Bake With Garlic and Rosemary

Stolen from the Food Lovers Diet Book..this recipe is so simple and so wonderfully delicious. I love it as a meal in itself with a salad but of course it is a fabulous side dish too.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Yields: 1 bake

Ingredients

• 60  g butter or 60  g margarine
• 1⁄4 cup plain flour
• 2 1⁄3 cups skim milk
• 1  garlic clove, crushed
• 1  teaspoon rosemary, finely chopped
• 2  cups  low-fat cheese, grated
• 3  large potatoes, about 300g each, peeled and thinly sliced
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius Grease a 6cm deep 24cm square baking dish.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly for 2 minutes or until bubbly. Remove from the heat.
3. Slowly add the milk, stirring constantly until well combined. Return to the heat. Add the rosemary and the garlic, and cook, stirring, until the sauce comes to the boil.
4. Add 1 1/2 cups of the cheese and stir in to combine.
5. Arrange 1/3 of the potatoes over the base of the baking dish, so that they overlap slightly. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon 1/3 of the sauce over the potatoes. Repeat twice more, then sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
6. Bake in the oven for approx 1 hour, or until the potatoes are tender and the top is golden. if the top begins to brown too much, cover with foil.