Butternut Dauphinoise

Butternut Dauphinoise

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/butternut-dauphinoise





Prep: 15 mins Cook: 1 hr plus standing

Skill level

Easy

Servings

Serves 6 as a side dish, 4 as a main

This indulgent gratin of squash with bay, thyme and nutmeg, plus a robust cheese sauce makes a great main or side dish

Ingredients

 

• 300ml pot double cream
• 100ml whole milk
• 2 bay leaves
• a few thyme sprigs
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• whole nutmeg, for grating
• 1 tbsp salted butter, for greasing
• 1 large butternut squash, peeled and thinly sliced (about 1.4kg unpeeled to give about 1.1kg prepared flesh)
• 50g mature Double Gloucester or other hard cheese

• 300ml pot double cream
• 100ml whole milk
• 2 bay leaves
• a few thyme sprigs
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• whole nutmeg, for grating
• 1 tbsp salted butter, for greasing
• 1 large butternut squash, peeled and thinly sliced (about 1.4kg unpeeled to give about 1.1kg prepared flesh)
• 50g mature Double Gloucester or other hard cheese