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Courgette & Tomato Gratin Recipe
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook courgette & tomato gratin using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Courgette & Tomato Gratin:
- Get 1 large courgette, sliced into fine circles, (175g),
- Get 1 (400 g) tin chopped tomatoes,
- Take 1/2 onion, chopped finely into cubes,
- Get 2 stalks celery, sliced finely,
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced,
- Prepare 1 tbsp Tomato puree paste,
- Get 2 tsp dried oregano,
- Prepare 1 tsp smoked paprika,
- Get 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper,
- Take 1 cup grated cheddar cheese,
- Prepare 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese,
- Take Salt and pepper to season,
- Make ready 1 tbsp cooking oil
Steps to make Courgette & Tomato Gratin:
- Preheat the oven to 180 (fan). Heat up the oil in a saucepan and add the onions and celery. Cook over a medium heat until becoming translucent and softened then add the minced garlic and dried herbs plus the spices. Fry for a few seconds until fragrant. Add the tomato paste and stir until every in the pan is coated. Add the tinned tomatoes and season well with salt and pepper. Fill the empty tomato tin up a quarter with water, swill out and add that into the pan also.
- Bring to a simmer and cook gently for around 10-12 minutes to allow the flavours to infuse together. Remove from the heat.
- Season the sliced courgettes with salt and pepper then layer the sliced courgettes in an oven proof dish until they cover the base then spoon over some of the tomato sauce. Layer more courgettes, then again more sauce. Repeat this process until all the courgettes and sauce are gone.
- Place the oven proof dish upon a baking sheet and cover the dish with foil. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove and take off the foil then layer over the grated cheddar and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven, leave to cool for a couple of minutes then sprinkle over the grated parmesan. Serve, eat and enjoy! :)
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