Courgette Gratin Recipes

Steps:

• Sprinkle the courgettes with a pinch of sea salt flakes and lay them on a plate with another plate on top. Put a weight or tin on top to help push out the liquid.
• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the tomatoes and garlic. Cook over a medium heat, stirring, for 5 mins until thickened. Tear in the basil, if using, and season.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and oil a roasting dish. Combine the flours in a bowl. Pour away the water from the courgette. Dip the courgette slices into the egg, then into the flour, and arrange in a layer over the bottom of the dish. Top with a few slices of mozzarella, followed by a layer of the tomato sauce, and repeat with another layer of courgette, mozzarella and sauce. Toss the cheese and breadcrumbs together, then scatter over the top.
• Drizzle with a little more olive oil, and bake for 40-45 mins until golden and bubbling. Serve with a herby red onion salad and some bread to mop it up, if you like. Can be frozen for up to two months.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a very large (12-inch) saute pan and cook the onions over low heat for 20 minutes, or until tender but not browned. Add the zucchini and cook, covered, for 10 minutes, or until tender. Add the salt, pepper, and nutmeg and cook uncovered for 5 more minutes. Stir in the flour. Add the hot milk and cook over low heat for a few minutes, until it makes a sauce. Pour the mixture into an 8 by 10-inch baking dish.
• Combine the bread crumbs and Gruyere and sprinkle on top of the zucchini mixture. Dot with 1 tablespoon of butter cut into small bits and bake for 20 minutes, or until bubbly and browned.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F degrees.
• Butter 9 inch deep-dish pie plate.
• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add zucchini, sauté until golden, about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Layer half the zucchini in prepared dish.
• Sprinkle half of tarragon and 1/2 cup cheese over.
• Repeat layering with zucchini, tarragon and 1/2 cup cheese.
• Combine milk, cream and eggs in small bowl.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour custard mixture over zucchini.
• Sprinkle remaining cheese over.
• Bake until gratin is set in center, about 35 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 6 mins, then drain well.
• Mix the garlic with the oil and some seasoning. Strip the herb leaves from their stalks, then add to the oil. Drizzle a little of the oil over the base and sides of a 1.5-litre ovenproof dish. Layer half the potatoes, tomatoes and courgettes in the dish, drizzling with garlic and herb oil as you go. Mix the two cheeses and sprinkle half over the veg.
• Repeat the layers of veg and oil, drizzle over the remaining oil, then sprinkle with the rest of the cheese. Bake for 40-45 mins until the veg is tender and the top golden and crisp.

Steps:

• Boil the potato slices in salted water until almost cooked, drain them and set aside.
• Melt half of the butter in a frying pan with the garlic, and half of the courgette slices, sprinkle with half of the mixed herbs. Fry till just golden on both sides, set aside. Cook the remaining courgette slices in the same way. set aside.
• Grease a low sided oven dish with the extra butter.
• Layer the potatoes and courgette in the dish so that they over lap like roof tiles.
• Whisk the egg with the cream and milk, season with pepper and salt, pour into the dish to cover the potatoes and courgettes.
• Grate the cheese and sprinkle over the dish.
• Place in hot oven 200c till brown aprox. 20 minutes.