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Italian style gratin

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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Last modified on: August 31^th 2014

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For 3 people, you will need:

1 ½ onion
2 2 tablespoons olive oil
3 1 cup minced beef
4 0 kg courgette
5 1 tablespoon olive oil
6 1 tomato
7 1 tablespoon olive oil
8 0 kg Bechamel sauce
9 ¼ cup grated cheese

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	38 min.	1 hour 8 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel and chop ½ onion.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Pour 2 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 0 kg courgette and slice into thin rounds.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour 1 tablespoon 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 1 tomato (while it is not essential to peel them, it is better), slice and fry in 1 tablespoon 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,591 Kcal or 6,661 Kj	68 gr	76 gr	171 gr
80 %	26 %	7 %	26 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
206 Kcal or 862 Kj	9 gr	10 gr	22 gr
10 %	3 %	1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
530 Kcal or 2,219 Kj	23 gr	25 gr	57 gr
27 %	9 %	2 %	9 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 3 people : 3.52 €
Per person : 1.17 €

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