Name: Swede, Leek and Bacon Gratin
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 1–2 tbsp olive oil; salt and black pepper; 2 garlic cloves; 500 ml double cream; knob of butter (about 30 g), plus extra to grease the gratin dish; 150 g smoked streaky bacon, cut into lardons; 1 large rosemary or thyme sprig; 1 swede, peeled and sliced paper thin (use a mandolin if you have one); 100 ml milk; 3 leeks, white and pale green parts cut in rings

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Autumn and Winter Cooking with a Veg Box (Riverford Companions)

By Guy Watson

Published 2015

About

The leeks in this gratin could easily be replaced with boiled greens such as cabbage or kale. Leave out the bacon and it makes a flavoursome vegetarian main course.

Ingredients

100 ml milk
500 ml double cream
2 garlic cloves

Stew
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the oven to 170°C/Gas 3.

Put the milk, cream, garlic and rosemary or thyme in a pan over a low-medium heat. Slowly bring to a boil and then gently simmer for 5 minutes, being careful not to let it boil over. Season with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.

Fry th

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