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Gratin du Nord

This gratin combines the flavours that are so characteristic of France's northern region: endives (chicory), beer and Maroilles cheese.

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Last modified on: January 21^th 2018

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 4 leeks
2 2 onions
3 1 litre 400 ml endives (head of chicory)
4 4 tablespoons oil
5 400 mls small pieces of bacon
6 300 ml beer
7 1 litre 600 ml cooked potatoes
8 800 mls Maroilles cheese
9 salt
10 pepper

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
37 min.	56 min.	1 hour 33 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare 4 leeks, then set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare 2 onions.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Prepare and chop 1 litre 400 ml endives (head of chicory).

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Pour 4 tablespoons oil into a large non-stick frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add 400 mls small pieces of bacon.

Fry for 3 or 4 minutes, then set aside, leaving the bacon fat in the pan.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Cook the chopped onion in the bacon fat for 1 or 2 minutes without colouring.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Add the leeks and endives and mix well.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

Add the bacon and 300 ml beer, then leave to reduce gently on low heat.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Butter a gratin dish and arrange a first layer of potato slices in the bottom (half the 1 litre 600 ml cooked potatoes).

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Spread the leek and endive mixture over the top.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Add the remaining potato slices in a second layer.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

Top with the sliced 800 mls Maroilles cheese.

Stage 12 - 40 min.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until the Maroilles is melted and beginning to brown.

Remarks

This recipe has only vague proportions, so do feel free to adapt it to your own taste, with a little more or a little less of the various ingredients.

And to drink?

The perfect match: beer, of course, from northern France if possible. Why not the same beer as you have used in the recipe?

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, with the dish covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
8,273 Kcal or 34,637 Kj	295 gr	465 gr	582 gr
414 %	113 %	44 %	88 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
153 Kcal or 641 Kj	5 gr	9 gr	11 gr
8 %	2 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
689 Kcal or 2,885 Kj	25 gr	39 gr	48 gr
34 %	9 %	4 %	7 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 22.11 $
Per person : 1.84 $

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Lemony cabbage and potato salad, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, Potato galette, Salmon marinated like herring, ... All
	Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple sprouting broccoli and endive salad, Individual creamy endive gratins, How to prepare endives , Endive and beer soup, Endives , ... All
	Maroilles cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Ch'ti mussel tarts, Maroilles cheese quiche, ... All
	Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green beans with tomatoes, Pasta with mustard-cream sauce, Beef braised in reduced red wine, Rabbit with mustard, Split peas "à la française", ... All

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