After spending 2 weeks holiday back home near Avignon at my mum’s recently, I’m all about summer Mediterranean vegetables at the moment, and this recipe is a great one for transporting you to Provence….
Courgettes gratinées
If your kids (or big kids) aren’t a big fan of their greens this dish may help you to sneak them onto their plates. It also happens to be a cheap and easy dish, so what’s not to love?
Courgettes gratinées
Ingredients:
- Courgettes - 6 (1.2kg)
- Garlic - 4 cloves (crushed)
- Olive oil - 6 tbsp
- Grated cheese - 250g (cheddar & mozzarella)
Instructions:
Summary:
- Slice the courgettes into 1/2cm slices
- Stir the courgette slices with the olive oil, crushed garlic and seasoning in a big bowl
- Evenly spread the courgette slices over a piece of foil on a large baking tray
- Sprinkle the grated cheese over the courgette slices
- Cook 10cm under the grill for about 25mn or until the cheese is properly gratiné (grilled)
Put the grill on. Get all your ingredients ready.
Remove the ends of the courgettes with a knife. Slice them with a knife and chopping board, or with a mandolin (slicer), or with the thick slicer on your food processor. They should be sliced into 1/2cm slices.
Put the courgettes into a big salad bowl and pour the olive oil over them. Crush the garlic with a garlic crusher and season to taste with salt and black pepper. Stir well with a big spoon or your fingers, making sure that everything is well coated with oil or it might burn.
Cover a large baking tray with some foil (this is mainly to make the washing up easier later!) Evenly spread the courgette slices over the foil, then sprinkle the grated cheese over the courgette slices.
Put the baking tray about 10cm below the grill. If it's too close the cheese will burn quickly and the courgettes will still be very crunchy. If it's too far away... it will never cook! Grill everything for about 25 minutes or until the cheese is properly gratiné (grilled) like in the picture below.
Optional:
- You can replace half of the cheddar cheese with some grated mozzarella cheese so it's creamier and softer.
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Mmmm lovely! We always get a lot of courgettes out of the garden so I love finding new ideas for how to use them up x #TastyTuesdays
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins recently posted…Back to School with Wynsors World of Shoes
We used to get loads of courgettes from a kind of farmers’ initiative that we were involved in when living in France, so had to get inventive with ways to cook/eat them 😉
What a fabulously tasty and easy way to serve courgettes, will have to give this a go:-)
Camilla @FabFood4All recently posted…Banana S’mores
It’s really yummy, and one way to get the non-courgette eaters in the family to give them a try!
So good- one of my favourite ways to eat one of my favourite vegetables, even the kids love courgette gratinees! #tastytuesdays
Becky | Spirited Puddle Jumper recently posted…A Recipe! Low Carb Creamy Chicken, Bacon, Feta, Leek & Asparagus Dinner
You can’t beat it! Our girls aren’t huge fans of courgettes but love cheese so this tends to get them eating their “worst” vegetable 😉
This looks lovely! I’m recently trying to cut down on the amount of meat we eat so this looks perfect! #TastyTuesdays
Hayley @ Hay In A Day recently posted…Raspberry & White Chocolate Cake – Bake Of The Week
We keep trying to cut back on our meat-eating too, but it’s hard when both Ben and I were brought up in big meat-eating households, old habits die hard and all that!
Oh my, absolutely delicious. I want to come round so you can cook for me-I’ll bring cake! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays. Hope to see you tomorrow!
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You’re welcome whenever you want my lovely 😉 Glad you like it and welcome back from your hols x