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Italian style gratin

Name: Italian style gratin
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 38 min
Total time: 1 h 8 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 onion; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 400 g minced beef; 300 g courgette; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tomatoes; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 300 g bechamel sauce; 100 g grated cheese

This gratin is built up in layers: sautéed courgettes, minced beef, bechamel sauce, fried tomatoes, more meat and bechamel, then grated cheese for a brown topping.

102 K 4.5/5 (21 reviews)

1 hour 8 min. difficulté

Easy

7.05 €

6 people

9 Ingredients

Last modified on: August 31^th 2014

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 for this recipe

Preparation: 30 min.

Cooking: 40 min.

All in all: 1 hour 8 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Peel and chop 1 onion.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

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.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 7 min.

Add the minced beef and cook, stirring from time to time.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 7 min.

Prepare 300 g courgette and slice into thin rounds.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

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.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 4 min.

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.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

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.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cover with a layer of minced beef.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cover with a layer of bechamel.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 3 min.

Then add the tomatoes.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 3 min.

Then a final layer of meat.

Stage 12 - ⌛ 3 min.

Finish with another layer of bechamel and the grated cheese.

Stage 13 - ⌛ 20 min.

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.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	140 RDI=50 %	150 RDI=10 %	340 RDI=50 %	3,180 RDI=160 %	13,320 RDI: 160 %
Per 100 g	8 RDI=3 %	9 RDI=1 %	20 RDI=3 %	210 RDI=10 %	860 RDI: 10 %
Per person	20 RDI=9 %	30 RDI=2 %	60 RDI=9 %	530 RDI=30 %	2,220 RDI: 30 %