Cheesy Courgette Gratin
This simple layered gratin is perfect for a comforting meal on cooler nights, combining courgette, tomato and potato with a golden cheesy topping.
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NutritionPer Serving
- Calories279
- Carbs32g
- Sugars12g
- Protein13g
- Fat8.3g
- Saturates4.3g
For the full list of ingredients and comprehensive instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post. Before you scroll, there’s important stuff to know in the blurb!
This super hearty, comforting dish is perfect for enjoying on those cooler evenings and is the ideal quick dinner, as well as being a great accompaniment to pretty much any dish.
We’ve used a mandoline to slice our vegetables, but if you don’t have one then you could use a knife instead – just try to get nice, even thin slices when you’re cutting.
You can use whichever colour of courgette you prefer as there’s no difference in taste. We do like the extra pop of colour that using half of a yellow one and half of a green one adds though!
It might be tempting to peel your potatoes, but leaving the peel on helps to give this dish a really lovely crunch and golden colour. If you’d prefer to remove the peel then you definitely can, but your dish may not be as crunchy or golden when baked.
This Cheesy Courgette Gratin doesn’t freeze particularly well, but it will be fine in the fridge for up to 2 days, so it’s perfect for portioning up and enjoying for a tasty lunch as well.
What diets is this Cheesy Courgette Gratin suitable for?
This Cheesy Courgette Gratin is suitable for gluten free diets as long as you use gluten free alternatives to the following ingredients:
- Stock cube
It can also be made suitable for vegetarian diets as long as you use vegetarian versions of the following ingredients:
- Parmesan cheese
Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies.
Do you need any special ingredients to make this Cheesy Courgette Gratin?
A mandoline would make slicing your veggies easier, but this isn’t essential and you can also just use a knife instead.
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How many calories are in this Cheesy Courgette Gratin?
There are 269 calories per portion in this Cheesy Courgette Gratin, which means it falls into our Everyday Light category.
This Cheesy Courgette Gratin is perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet, and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.
As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
Step 2
Spray a frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and cook the onions and garlic until soft. Stir in the balsamic vinegar, and then pour into the bottom of an oven dish and spread out into an even layer.
Step 3
Arrange the sliced courgette, potato and tomato in an alternating pattern on top of the onion layer, overlapping the slices slightly. Season with salt and pepper.
Step 4
Mix the cream cheese and thyme into the stock and pour over the courgette, potato and tomato layer. It won’t look like much but once the vegetables start cooking they will add to the liquid.
Step 5
Pop the oven dish in the oven for 35 minutes.
Step 6
Remove the dish from the oven, the vegetables should be soft and just starting to turn golden. Mix the Cheddar and Parmesan together and sprinkle over the courgette, tomato and potato.
Step 7
Put back in the oven for a further 20 minutes until the cheese is golden and bubbly and the vegetables cooked through.
What could I serve with this Cheesy Courgette Gratin?
This makes the perfect side dish and any of the following would work well alongside it:
How do you know when this Cheesy Courgette Gratin is cooked?
Your dish will be cooked with the veg is cooked through and the topping is golden and bubbly. This should take around an hour.
Standard advice here in the UK is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and stayed at that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep your family safe.
How long can you keep this Cheesy Courgette Gratin in the fridge?
Once you’ve put it out, ideally you should eat it within 4 hours.
If you allow any leftovers to cool, make sure to refrigerate in a container with a lid and chill. You can keep leftovers of this Cheesy Courgette Gratin in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Can you freeze this Cheesy Courgette Gratin?
No, this recipe isn’t suitable for freezing.
How do you reheat this Cheesy Courgette Gratin?
From chilled: Pop into the oven and reheat until piping hot.
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Cheesy Courgette Gratin
This simple layered gratin is perfect for a comforting meal on cooler nights, combining courgette, tomato and potato with a golden cheesy topping.
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Prep Time
10 MINS
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Cook Time
1 HR
- KCals 279
- Carbs 32G
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC.
- Spray a frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and cook the onions and garlic until soft. Stir in the balsamic vinegar, and then pour into the bottom of an oven dish and spread out into an even layer.
- Arrange the sliced courgette, potato and tomato in an alternating pattern on top of the onion layer, overlapping the slices slightly. Season with salt and pepper.
- Mix the cream cheese and thyme into the stock and pour over the courgette, potato and tomato layer. It won't look like much but once the vegetables start cooking they will add to the liquid.
- Pop the oven dish in the oven for 35 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven, the vegetables should be soft and just starting to turn golden. Mix the Cheddar and Parmesan together and sprinkle over the courgette, tomato and potato.
- Put back in the oven for a further 20 minutes until the cheese is golden and bubbly and the vegetables cooked through.
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DeborahFriday 15th September 2023
Would aubergine be suitable for this recipe?
SharonMonday 23rd October 2023
Hi Deborah, yes, aubergine would be suitable in our Cheesy Courgette Gratin. Enjoy the recipe!
NatashaTuesday 15th June 2021
I’ve just made this and it’s so tasty.
Can it be frozen?
SharonWednesday 16th June 2021
Hi Natasha, we’re so pleased to hear you enjoyed the Cheesy Courgette Gratin.This recipe isn’t suitable for freezing.If a recipe is suitable for freezing, you will find a blue badge indicating this at the top of the recipe just under the photograph. Thanks so much for getting in touch.
Barbara SuttonSaturday 24th April 2021
Hi, I have Diverticulitis and onion is one of my trigger foods. Would leek work as a substitute in this dish?
HollyTuesday 27th April 2021
Hey Barbara, yes leek would work great in this recipe, hope that helps!
Sam WSunday 18th April 2021
I made this and it was really good even though I’m not a fan of tomatoes but the work really well. The only problem I had is the ingredients say ‘ 1 stock cube made up with 25ml boiling water’ and it was no where near enough so I used 125ml water instead and this seemed to work. Not sure but I think this might be a typo?
HollyMonday 19th April 2021
Hey Sam, so glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe! 25ml is correct as the courgettes can release a lot of moisture if you felt like you needed a little extra just top it up with some boiling water. Hope that helps!
ClaireTuesday 6th April 2021
Just made this but had to put a lot more stock in & cream cheese but it tastes lovely xx
HollyWednesday 7th April 2021
Hi Claire, so glad you enjoyed this Cheesy Courgette Gratin!
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