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Tasty Vegetable Gratin

Ready in 50 mins

Recipe by Graham 

Tasty Vegetable Gratin is a dish you can eat on its own or with a roast or grilled meat or fish. It's easy to make, and looks (and tastes) quite spectacular when served to your guests.

Preparation Time

15 Minutes

Cooking Time

35 Minutes

Ingredients for Tasty Vegetable Gratin

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To serve 4:

4 carrots
1 yellow bell pepper
1 small cauliflower
7 oz frozen peas
1 pint thick cream or crème fraîche
2 eggs
4 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons chopped chives
  salt
1 teaspoon ras el hanout (or mixed spices or garam masala)
4 oz bread crumbs
2 tablespoons broken almonds (or pistachios or walnuts)
a few knobs butter

How to Cook Tasty Vegetable Gratin

  1. Peel the carrots and slice them. Cut the pepper in two, remove the seeds and cut into thin slices. Wash the cauliflower and cut into small florets. Cook the carrots, pepper and cauliflower in boiling, salted water for 15 minutes then add the peas and bring back to the boil.
  2. Meanwhile, mix the cream (or crème fraîche), the eggs, the olive oil, the chopped chives and a good pinch of salt. Strain the vegetables and place them in a casserole dish in alternate layers, basted with the cream-egg mixture after each layer.
  3. Mix the ras el hanout, the breadcrumbs and the nuts together (if you can't get ras el hanout, you can use mixed spices or garam masala). Sprinkle this mixture over the top of the vegetables, along with a few knobs of butter. Cook in a preheated moderately hot oven (Mk 6 - 400ºF - 200ºC) for 20 minutes. Serve hot.
GRAHAM'S HOT TIP:
You can easily vary the vegetables, adding blanched spring greens, for example.