Name: Gratin du Nord
Prep time: 37 min
Cook time: 56 min
Total time: 1 h 33 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 2 leeks; 1 onion; 700 g endives (head of chicory); 2 tablespoons oil; 200 g small pieces of bacon; 150 ml beer; 800 g cooked potato; 400 g Maroilles cheese; salt; pepper

Step by step recipe:

10 min.
Prepare 2 leeks, then set aside.
5 min.
Prepare 1 onion.

Set aside.
10 min.
Prepare and chop 700 g endives (head of chicory).

Set aside.
4 min.
Pour 2 tablespoons oil into a large non-stick frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add 200 g small pieces of bacon.

Fry for 3 or 4 minutes, then set aside, leaving the bacon fat in the pan.
2 min.
Cook the chopped onion in the bacon fat for 1 or 2 minutes without colouring.
1 min.
Add the leeks and endives and mix well.
10 min.
Add the bacon and 150 ml beer, then leave to reduce gently on low heat.
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 800 g cooked potato).
2 min.
Spread the leek and endive mixture over the top.
3 min.
Add the remaining potato slices in a second layer.
3 min.
Top with the sliced 400 g Maroilles cheese.
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?

Source:

Home made.

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