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Spiced butternut gratin

For this recipe, the butternut squash is cooked in two stages: first roasted, then finished in a gratin with Mornay sauce (bechamel with cheese).

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Last modified on: December 19^th 2021

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 150 g smoked cheese
2 600 g Bechamel sauce
3 3 butternuts squash
4 12 tablespoons olive oil
5 90 g tandoori spices
6 6 tablespoons French mustard
Total weight: 6,510 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
39 min.	40 min.	1 hour 19 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Cut 150 g smoked cheese into small dice or slivers.

Stage 2 - 20 min.

Prepare or reheat 600 g Bechamel sauce. Add the diced cheese and mix well then set aside.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Peel 3 butternuts squash using a vegetable peeler. Cut in half, scrape out and discard the seeds. Chop the flesh into small chunks.

Put the butternut chunks into a bowl.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Sprinkle 12 tablespoons olive oil and 90 g tandoori spices over and mix well.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add 6 tablespoons French mustard and mix again.

Stage 6 - 20 min.

Spread out over a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet. Roast in the oven for 15-20 minutes. The butternut should be soft enough for a knife blade to go through it easily.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

Put the butternut chunks into a buttered gratin dish.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Pour the cheese sauce over. Add any leftover cheese on top.

Stage 9 - 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes until the top is nicely browned.

Remarks

If you don't have smoked cheese, opt instead for any other classic cheese.

You can use whatever spice mix you prefer: tandoori, chilli, Cajun...

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
25,988 Kcal or 108,807 Kj	1,150 gr	4,427 gr	409 gr
1,299 %	442 %	418 %	62 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
399 Kcal or 1,671 Kj	18 gr	68 gr	6 gr
20 %	7 %	6 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,166 Kcal or 9,069 Kj	96 gr	369 gr	34 gr
108 %	37 %	35 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 38.19 €
Per person : 3.18 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Croque-monsieur, Leek and Mimolette tart, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, Harvest Gratin, Thin spinach and potato tart, ... All
	Smoked cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Ham and endives au gratin, Smoky canapés, Scrambled eggs and leeks on toast, Cockles and cabbage with smoky cream sauce, ... All
	Tandoori spices: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Sea bass with Indian spices, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lumberjack turnovers, Chilli potato wedges, Tomato foccacia, Home-made doner kebab, Scrambled eggs and leeks on toast, ... All

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