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Butternut squash dauphinoise

Expand your horizons this Christmas and switch your usual spuds for this creamy side

Expand your horizons this Christmas and switch your usual spuds for this creamy side

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(29 votes)
Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour

Cooking Time

Serves: 10

Cooking Time

Price: 66p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 200g serving contains

Energy
1280kj
306kcal
15%
Fat
24.4g
High
35%
Saturates
14.4g
Med
72%
Sugars
7.0g
Med
8%
Salt
0.38g
Med
6%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
640kj/153kcal

Ingredients

400ml whipping cream

3tsp chopped fresh thyme

1 clove garlic, crushed

25g butter

1.5kg whole butternut squash, peeled

1 leek very thinly sliced

125g Saint Agur, crumbled

25g walnut pieces

2tbsp panko breadcrumbs

Method

1
Put the cream, 1tsp thyme and garlic in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Immediately remove from the heat and set aside. Preheat oven to 180C/ 160C Fan/Gas 4.
2
Halve the squash lengthways and remove the seeds. Thinly cut into slices the thickness of a £1 coin.
3
Thickly butter a 1.5l shallow ovenproof dish. Layer the squash, leek and cheese into the dish, seasoning each layer with pepper and scattering over thyme. Pour over the infused cream, cover tightly with foil and bake for 40 mins.
4
Remove the foil, scatter over the walnut pieces and breadcrumbs and cook for a further 15 mins or until the squash is tender.
5
Cover with foil and leave to stand for 5 mins before serving.