Gratin du Nord
This gratin combines the flavours that are so characteristic of France's northern region: endives (chicory), beer and Maroilles cheese.
71K 4.3/5 based on 14 reviews
Last modified on: January 21th 2018
Keywords for this recipe:
6 
3 
2 kgs 100 g endives (head of chicory)
6 tablespoons 
600 g 
450 ml beer
2 kgs 400 g cooked potatoes
1 kg 200 g Maroilles cheese
How long will 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 6 tablespoons oil into a large non-stick frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add 600 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 450 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 2 kgs 400 g cooked potatoes).
Butter a gratin dish and arrange a first layer of potato slices in the bottom (half the 2 kgs 400 g cooked potatoes).
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 1 kg 200 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.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 12,625 Kcal or 52,858 Kj | 447 gr | 746 gr | 872 gr |
| 631 % | 172 % | 70 % | 132 % |
| 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 18 people : 32.84 €
- Per person : 1.82 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cooked potatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Röstis, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise, Gratin of beet tops and potatoes, Artichokes with beef, ... All |
 | Endives (head of chicory): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Thin endive tart, Flamiche, Endive and beer soup, Comtoise endive salad, Endives , ... All |
 | Maroilles cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Maroilles cheese quiche, Ch'ti mussel tarts, ... All |
 | Small pieces of bacon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cocotte eggs with Comté, Beef braised in reduced red wine, Röstis, Chicken pie, Warm haricot bean salad, ... All |
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