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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.

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Duration

1 hour 10 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 27^th 2026

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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: 1,540 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

40 min.

All in all

1 hour 10 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 40 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Peel and chop 1 onion.

Step 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.

Step 3 - ⌛ 7 min.

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

Set aside.

Step 4 - ⌛ 7 min.

Prepare 300 g courgette and slice into thin rounds.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cover with a layer of minced beef.

Step 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cover with a layer of bechamel.

Step 10 - ⌛ 3 min.

Then add the tomatoes.

Step 11 - ⌛ 3 min.

Then a final layer of meat.

Step 12 - ⌛ 3 min.

Finish with another layer of bechamel and the grated cheese.

Step 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.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	7 g RDI=11 %	3 g RDI=1 %	17 g RDI=24 %	198 kcal RDI=10 %	827 kJ RDI=10 %
Per person	18 g RDI=28 %	9 g RDI=3 %	44 g RDI=61 %	506 kcal RDI=25 %	2,116 kJ RDI=25 %
Whole recipe	109 g RDI=167 %	53 g RDI=20 %	266 g RDI=365 %	3,033 kcal RDI=152 %	12,699 kJ RDI=152 %