Vegetable clafoutis

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 500 g carrot
• 2 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 500 g courgette
• 4 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 1 onion
• 6 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 7 100 g cured ham
• 8 2 eggs
• 9 200 g liquid cream
• 10 80 g grated cheese
• 11 30 g flour
• 12 salt
• 13 pepper
• Total weight: 1,755 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
40 min.	55 min.	1 hour 35 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Prepare 500 g carrot and dice small. Set aside. Prepare 500 g courgette and dice these as well, then set aside. Prepare 1 onion and chop finely. Set aside.
• 2: Dice 100 g cured ham (use smoked if you like). Set aside.
• 3: Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a large frying pan on high hear.
  When really hot, add the diced carrots and cook until tender.
  Check the seasoning.
  Transfer onto a plate.
• 4: Pour another 3 tablespoons olive oil into the same pan, still on high heat.
  When hot, add the courgettes and cook until tender, then Check the seasoning.
  Transfer onto a plate.
• 5: Still using the same pan, fry the diced ham in 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• 6: When the ham is nicely browned, add the chopped onion and cook for 1 or 2 minutes without colouring.
• 7: Put the carrots and courgettes back in the pan and stir well to mix all the flavours.
• 8: Tip the vegetable mixture into a buttered gratin dish and spread in an even layer.
  Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
• 9: Prepare the savoury clafoutis mixture by mixing 2 eggs, 200 g liquid cream, 80 g grated cheese and 30 g flour. Pepper and salt moderately (the ham and cheese are already quite salty).
• 10: Pour the mixture into the dish...
• 11: ...and bake for about 35 minutes.
  Serve hot or warm.

Remarks

For the grated cheese, I recommend Comté (as usual), but any other cheese you prefer will work just fine.

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