

Cheese Gratin Vegetables are a delicious and creamy side dish, perfect for accompanying meat or fish. This recipe is inspired by Italian cuisine and its culinary traditions. The vegetables are prepared, cooked, and gratinated with fontina cheese, which gives a rich and enveloping flavor. The result is a tasty, creamy, and irresistible dish.
Scrape the carrots, wash them and slice them into rounds
Peel the turnip, wash it, and cut it into cubes
Trim the celery and cut it into small pieces
Wash the leeks after removing the threads and cut them into pieces about 2 cm long
Melt the butter in a skillet
Add the turnip, carrots, and celery, and sauté them over medium heat for about eight minutes, stirring
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees (thermostat 5)
Remove the vegetables from the skillet with a slotted spoon and place them on a baking dish
In the same skillet, sauté the leeks for two or three minutes, stirring them
Remove them with a slotted spoon and add them to the vegetables in the baking dish
Sprinkle the skillet with flour, mix with a spatula, and gradually pour in the broth
Bring to a boil while stirring, season with salt and pepper, and add a pinch of nutmeg
Simmer for three minutes, then add the parsley
Pour this sauce over the vegetables; mix gently
Peel the potatoes, wash them, slice them and arrange them on top of the vegetables
Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for an hour and a half until the potatoes are tender
When the potatoes are cooked, grate the cheese, sprinkle it over the potatoes, place the dish under the broiler and brown it
Serve hot in the same cooking dish
If you don't have broth
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Padella
Grattugia
Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
This dish is particularly tasty when accompanied by a dry white wine
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| Energy (kcal) | 70.57 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 6.79 |
| of which Sugars (g) | 3.24 |
| Fat (g) | 3.06 |
| of which Saturates (g) | 1.71 |
| Protein (g) | 3.27 |
| Fiber (g) | 2.26 |
| Sale (g) | 0.21 |