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Creamy Chicken Gratins

Here's how you make Creamy Chicken Gratins
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 30m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 400 grams cauliflower, chopped (cut into small florets)
  • 750 grams pumpkin, chopped (coarsely chopped butternut pumpkin)
  • 20 grams butter
  • 1 leek (pale section only, thinly sliced)
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • Béchamel sauce (see note in intro, 2 cups)
  • 250 grams cooked chicken (shredded, 2 cups)
  • 1/4 cup breadcrumbs (soft, fresh)
  • 1 rasher (70 grams) bacon (rind removed, finely chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons oil (vegetable or olive oil)
  • 2 teaspoons thyme leaves, plus extra to serve
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced.

  • Step 2: Grease 6 x 1/2 cup ovenproof dishes and place on an oven tray.

  • Step 3: Cook cauliflower and pumpkin in a large saucepan of salted boiling water for 5 minutes or until tender but still hold their shape, drain and cool.

  • Step 4: Meanwhile melt butter in a saucepan over moderate heat and cook and stir leek and garlic for 4 minutes or until soft and then add the wine and simmer for 3 minutes.

  • Step 5: Add the béchamel sauce and mix well.

  • Step 6: Spread vegetables and chicken evenly into prepared dishes and top with the sauce.

  • Step 7: Combine breadcrumbs, bacon, oil and thyme in a bowl and sprinkle over top of the gratins.

  • Step 8: Bake for 25 minutes or until golde3n brow.

  • Step 9: Serve sprinkled with extra thyme.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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