Gratin du Nord
This gratin combines the flavours that are so characteristic of France's northern region: endives (chicory), beer and Maroilles cheese.
49K 9 4.4
Last modified on: January 21th 2018
Keywords for this recipe:
2 
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700 g endives (head of chicory)
2 tablespoons 
200 g 
150 ml beer
800 g cooked potato
400 g Maroilles cheese
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 37 min. | 56 min. | 1 hour 33 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Stage 4 - 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.
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 150 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 800 g cooked potato).
Butter a gratin dish and arrange a first layer of potato slices in the bottom (half the 800 g cooked potato).
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 400 g 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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4,208 Kcal or 17,618 Kj | 149 gr | 249 gr | 291 gr |
| 210 % | 57 % | 23 % | 44 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 148 Kcal or 620 Kj | 5 gr | 9 gr | 10 gr |
| 7 % | 2 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 701 Kcal or 2,935 Kj | 25 gr | 41 gr | 48 gr |
| 35 % | 10 % | 4 % | 7 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 10.95 €
- Per person : 1.83 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cooked potato: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green Piedmont Salad, Salmon marinated like herring, Croque-monsieur gourmand, Chard and potato gratin, Baked Camembert with Walnuts, ... All |
 | Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Comtoise endive salad, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, Flamiche, Endives "bonne femme", 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: Vol-au-vent, Green beans with tomatoes, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Spaghetti Carbonara, Aperitif rolls, ... All |
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