Chevre Zucchini Gratin
Created by lazyme on January 20, 2015
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #16854
Ingredients
- 2 pounds zucchini (cut diagonally into 1/4-inch slices)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 large yellow onion (halved and thinly sliced)
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 8 ounces chevre, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 ounce Parmesan cheese (freshly grated, 1 cup)
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Step 2: Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking dish.
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Step 3: Boil zucchini in salted water until tender, but still crisp, about 2 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
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Step 4: Melt butter in a skillet.
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Step 5: Add onion and saute until translucent.
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Step 6: Arrange one-third of zucchini in prepared dish. Season with salt and pepper.
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Step 7: Spread half of onion over zucchini.
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Step 8: Repeat layers, seasoning with salt and pepper, and end with zucchini on top.
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Step 9: Crumble chevre into top of a double boiler.
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Step 10: Stir in cream.
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Step 11: Cook until smooth and thick, 3 to 4 minutes.
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Step 12: Thin with an additional 2 to 4 tablespoons cream if too thick.
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Step 13: Pour over zucchini layers.
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Step 14: Combine Parmesan and bread crumbs.
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Step 15: Sprinkle over gratin.
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Step 16: Bake 35 to 40 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (199.9 g)
- Calories 139.4
- Total Fat - 10.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.6 g
- Cholesterol - 31.6 mg
- Sodium - 61.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 8.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2 g
- Sugars - 5 g
- Protein - 3.8 g
- Calcium - 85.8 mg
- Iron - 0.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 29 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg