Beets Au Gratin Recipe

Ingredients for Beets Au Gratin

• 8 beets, small
• ½ cup Swiss cheese, grated
• 1½ cups thin white sauce
• (To make White Sauce: scald 1 pint of milk. Melt 1,2 or 3 tablespoons of butter, depending on desired consistency, in a saucepan. Add half a teaspoon of salt, and 1,2,or 4 tablespoons of flour, depending on desired consistency, and let cook for one minute, stirring constantly. Add the milk little by little, stirring gently until it boils. Let it boil for 3 minutes.)

Instructions

1. Boil the beets in salted water for about 30 minutes.
2. Peel and slice them under cold water.
3. While beets are boiling, make the white sauce.
4. Put beets in a baking dish and pour the white sauce over them.
5. Sprinkle with the grated cheese.
6. Put baking-dish in very hot oven and bake for about 5 minutes.
7. Then serve.