French Green Vegetable Au Gratin Food

PROVENCAL VEGETABLE GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a 7 by 11-inch baking dish with olive oil.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium low heat. Add onions, garlic and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, until completely softened and cooked but not browned. Stir in the basil and thyme. Spread on the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Toss the sliced vegetables with the remaining olive oil and salt, and pepper. With the long side of the baking dish facing you, alternate the sliced vegetables in compact upright rows on top of the onion mixture.
• Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake until the vegetables are softened, about 30 to 35 minutes. Uncover and sprinkle with the Parmesan. Continue baking until cheese begins to brown, about 20 minutes or so. Serve hot or at room temperature.
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FRENCH GREEN VEGETABLE AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F and butter a large gratin dish.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, gently sauté the onion in the olive oil for 5 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the onion and continue sautéing the mixture for 30 seconds.
• Add the milk, salt, poultry seasoning, and pepper to the pan and stir constantly for 3 to 5 minutes until the sauce thickens.
• Stir the prepared broccoli, zucchini, spinach, and Cantal or cheddar cheese into the sauce and bring the mixture to just a simmer. Turn it out into the buttered gratin dish.
• Stir together the breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, and melted butter and sprinkle the buttered breadcrumbs over the gratin.
• Bake the vegetable gratin in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until it is hot and bubbly, the vegetables are tender, and the breadcrumbs have turned golden brown.

VEGETABLES AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat broiler to high.
• Cut off and discard ends of the eggplant, squash and zucchini. Cut squash and eggplant into very thin rounds. There should be about 2 cups of each. Cut eggplant lengthwise into quarters and cut each quarter into thin slices. There should be about 4 cups.
• Heat 6 tablespoons of oil in a skillet and add eggplant, zucchini and squash slices. Cook, shaking skillet and stirring so slices cook evenly, about 8 minutes. Add onions and garlic and stir to blend. Add bay leaf, salt and pepper. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut away and discard core of each tomato. Cut tomatoes crosswise into thin slices.
• Remove and discard bay leaf. Pour cooked vegetables into a baking dish and arrange tomato slices on top to cover. Brush tomatoes with remaining 1 tablespoon oil and sprinkle evenly with cheese.
• Place dish under broiler about 4 inches from heat. Leave broiler door partly open and cook 5 minutes.

VEGETABLES AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Steam carrots, cauliflower and green beans until fork tender.
• In a separate, large saucepan, melt margarine. Add onion and cook over medium high heat, stirring occasionally until tender.
• Whisk in flour, celery salt and oregano. Cook and stir one minute. Add milk, broth and lemon juice.
• Cook and whisk until thickened and bubbly all over.
• Stir in shredded cheddar until melted. Add hot, drained vegetables to saucepan, stirring to coat evenly with the sauce.
• Pour vegetables and sauce into deep one quart casserole dish.
• In a small bowl, combine bread crumbs with romano cheese, olive oil and parsley. Mix well.
• Sprinkle bread crumb mixture over the top of vegetables.
• Bake uncovered in 350 F oven for 25 - 30 minutes, until heated through and crumbs are golden brown.

GARDEN VEGETABLE GRATIN

Steps:

• Position the rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Peel and thinly slice the potatoes. Place the slices in a bowl, cover with cool water and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the shallots, carrot, zucchini and peas. Cook, stirring often, until softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic, thyme, salt, pepper and mace. Stir well to warm through. Remove from the heat.
• Layer the potatoes and vegetable mixture in a 10-cup gratin or 9-by-13-inch baking dish by first blotting some potato slices on a paper towel, then layering them across the bottom of the dish. Add some of the vegetable mixture, spread it over the slices, then blot dry more slices and add them as another layer. Keep layering the casserole, like a lasagna, ending with a layer of potato slices.
• Whisk the broth and cream in a large bowl. Pour it over the contents of the baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, basting occasionally, until it is golden and most of the liquid has been absorbed, about 2 hours.