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Produce => Recipes => Topic started by: dicky on July 24, 2005, 20:14:05

Title: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: dicky on July 24, 2005, 20:14:05
 :P

Ingredients:

Potatoes - any type, enought to cover a shallow oven dish bottom cut about 8mm thick
Courgettes - Same amount as above
A red Onion (maybe 2)
Double Cream
Grated cheese
squeeze of Lemon Juice
tsp Mustard

I tend to guess some the ingredients so add to taste.

1. Chop the spuds into 8mm sliced, par boil for 5-8 mins under till nearly cooked

2. Chop the courgettes into the same size slices

3. peel the onion(s). Finely dice about 2 Tblsp and then cut the rest into rings

4. Fry the finely chopped onion in a little olive oil for 3-4 mins, add the mustard, lemon juice and cream, bring almost to the boil then take off the heat and add  a good handful of cheddar cheese, more if you want it thicker. Stir well

5, put a little sauce in the bottom of your dish, arrange a layer of spuds, i usually overlap them. cover with a bit more sauce

6. add a layer of courgette, cover with sauce.

7. Pop some red onion rings on the top and cover with any remaining sauce and some more cheese.

8. Pop in a hot oven until bubbling and gong brown on top and the courgettes are cooked


Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: Svea on July 24, 2005, 20:34:38
hmmmm

thanks for the ideas :)
another fully home-grown dish awaits (well, apart from the cream and cheese, but who is counting ;D)
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: wardy on July 25, 2005, 10:17:46
I thought I'd lose weight when I got my lotty but I have been plonking it on!!!! S'not fair  :(   We eat barbies and fish n chips up there all washed down with copious amounts of Stella, people turn up in the evening to see us and we have a glass or two of wine.  Then there's all that cooking with oil, butter, cream, cheese  ;D   Must make a note to myself to turn over a new leaf  ;D
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: TEL on July 25, 2005, 16:39:53
That just my cup of tea,
Ta
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: Gillian on July 26, 2005, 10:39:10
I made this last night (http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/r_0000001092.asp)
and it was delicious!. Good ole Delia...
The only thing I would say is that you need to salt the courgettes first. I put them straight into the pan and they created such a lot of juice they were swimming in it. However it didn't detract from the taste - very nice indeed!
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: Jesse on July 27, 2005, 09:08:57
Thanks dicky :D I made this last night and it was lovely!
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: Mrs Ava on July 27, 2005, 13:26:35
Good to hear it worked Jessevieve as I have a couple of nice steaks out for tonight and fancied this with it!  I shall go prepare it now!  ;D
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: wardy on July 28, 2005, 10:54:09
I think I'll try it tonight as OH (beginning to hate the sight of courgettes  ;D) is away on a course.  I pulled some spuds last night to go with it

Last night I made fennel soup and it was FANTASTIC.  I have only just started eating fennel but have not grown it myself but will be doing so.  My lotty mate who gave me the fennels has given me some seed too  :)
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: Mrs Ava on July 28, 2005, 12:14:52
Well, 10 out of 10 for this one!  I didn't have lashings of cream so only really had enough sauce for the top, but even so, the spuds were creamy yet firm, and the courgettes (I used white volunteer) absorbed all of the delicious flavours from the cream, lemon and mustard. 

I did salt and leave the courgettes to stand for about 30 mins before layering the dish up as the volunteers seem to produce lashings of liquid and I didn't want the dish to go mushy.

This is on the list to do again!  ;D
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: kelso on July 29, 2005, 18:15:19
That is so delicious...yum! ;D
Title: Re: Courgette and Potato Gratan
Post by: dicky on July 29, 2005, 23:03:15
Made it again tonight with a gold rush and a green courgette which i didn't grow.

As a variation i put some chopped up bacon in as well when I fried the onion. Mushrooms might be nice in there as well

If you make it let me know