Squash and Potato Gratin with Bacon

Squash and Potato Gratin with Bacon (and lots of cheese!) makes a great side dish, or even a main with a salad. Gluten free too!

Course Sides

Cuisine American, British, French

Keyword Christmas, Family Meal, Holidays, side dish

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings 6 servings

300 ml whole (full fat) milk
400 ml double (heavy) cream
2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
600 g floury potatoes (such as Maris Piper potatoes) peeled and sliced thinly
1 small onion peeled and thinly sliced
6 rashers/slices cooked streaky bacon chopped
100 g mature cheddar cheese grated
75 g Grana Padano or Parmesan cheese grated
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp dried thyme
300 g approx 1 medium butternut squash peeled, cut in half and thinly sliced (seeds discarded)
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F.
Heat the milk, cream and garlic in a small pan until it's almost at boiling (don't boil though). Turn off the heat.
Take an oven-proof dish approx. 20cmx25cm, layer a third of the potatoes and onion on the bottom of the dish, overlapping slightly. Sprinkle on a quarter of the bacon, quarter of the cheese and a pinch each of the salt, pepper and thyme. Pour over quarter of the hot cream.
Repeat with another layer of everything, this time including half of the butternut squash.
Repeat with a final layer of the potatoes, onion and butternut squash, but this time, don’t sprinkle on the bacon (it will overcook if sprinkled on top at this point). Pour the remaining cream around the sides of the squash/potatoes (the cream should have filled up the dish and be just about touching the bottom of your top layer of squash). Sprinkle the rest of the cheese, thyme and a pinch of salt and pepper over the top.
Place in the oven and cook for 1 hour until the potatoes are tender and the top is browned. Sprinkle on the remaining bacon for the last 5 minutes of cooking to heat through.
Sprinkle on the parsley before serving.

Nutritional Information is per serving.

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