Recipes : Courgette, tomato & gruyère gratin

Courgette, tomato & gruyère gratin

Use up a glut of courgettes in this vibrant summer veggie dish

Ingredients

  • 3 tomatoes , sliced
  • 2 courgettes , sliced
  • 100g Gruyère , grated

TOMATO SAUCE

  • 1 garlic clove , sliced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 400g tin plum tomatoes
  • a handful basil leaves

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Make the tomato sauce by cooking the garlic in olive oil, then adding the tinned tomatoes and basil leaves. Simmer until thickened.
  2. Divide the sauce between two shallow gratin dishes. Arrange overlapping rows of tomato and courgette sprinkling some gruyère between them. Drizzle with oil, season and bake covered with foil for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve with crusty bread.

Per serving

467 kcalories, protein 18,4g, carbohydrate 9,3g, fat 39,8 g, saturated fat 13,8g, fibre 2,5g, salt 0,97 g