Italian style gratin

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 1 onion
• 2 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 400 g minced beef
• 4 300 g courgette
• 5 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 2 tomatoes
• 7 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 300 g bechamel sauce
• 9 100 g grated cheese
• Total weight: 1,545 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	40 min.	1 hour 8 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Peel and chop 1 onion.
• 2: Pour 4 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan on medium heat.
  When hot, add the onions and cook for 2 minutes without colouring. Salt and pepper.
• 3: Add the minced beef and cook, stirring from time to time.
  Set aside.
• 4: Prepare 300 g courgette and slice into thin rounds.
• 5: Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a large saucepan on medium heat.
  When hot, add the courgettes and cook for 5 minutes, then salt and pepper.
  Set aside.
• 6: Prepare 2 tomatoes (while it is not essential to peel them, it is better), slice and fry in 2 tablespoons olive oil, then salt and pepper on both sides.
• 7: Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
  Begin assembling the gratin: use a buttered gratin dish and spread the sautéed courgettes in the bottom.
• 8: Cover with a layer of minced beef.
• 9: Cover with a layer of bechamel.
• 10: Then add the tomatoes.
• 11: Then a final layer of meat.
• 12: Finish with another layer of bechamel and the grated cheese.
• 13: Cook in the oven until the top is nicely browned.

Remarks

For the cheese topping, I prefer Comté, but use whatever you like. Of course, Parmesan would be more Italian.

---