Gratin du Nord
Step by step recipe:
- 10 min.
- 5 min.
- 10 min.
- 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:
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