**Pumpkin Gratin: A Creamy and Comforting Fall Dish**
Pumpkin Gratin is a delectable side dish that combines the flavors of pumpkin, cheese, and spices. It's perfect for fall gatherings, potlucks, and holiday meals. This dish is easy to make and can be prepared ahead of time, making it a convenient option for busy weeknights. With its creamy texture, cheesy goodness, and hint of nutmeg, Pumpkin Gratin is sure to be a hit with everyone at the table.
This article provides two variations of the classic Pumpkin Gratin recipe: one with a crunchy breadcrumb topping and one with a crispy Parmesan crust. Both recipes offer easy-to-follow instructions and helpful tips for achieving the perfect gratin. Additionally, the article includes a recipe for a flavorful Pumpkin Seed Pesto that can be used as a garnish or condiment for the gratin.
POTATO AND PUMPKIN GRATIN
A bit of a twist from your standard au gratin potatoes ... layers of thinly sliced potatoes and pumpkin combined with Swiss Gruyere and a hint of thyme make for a tasty and elegant side dish.
Provided by Kim's Cooking Now
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Squash
Time 1h30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 1-quart casserole dish.
- Slice the potatoes and pumpkin with a mandolin into 1/8-inch thick slices, using the mandolin's 3-millimeter setting.
- Place 1/2 of the pumpkin slices on the bottom of the prepared casserole dish. Season with salt and pepper, add 1/4 of the thyme, and 1/4 of the Gruyere cheese. Layer 1/2 of the potato slices on top, season with salt and pepper, add 1/4 of the thyme, and 1/4 of the Gruyere. Repeat pumpkin layer and potato layer each one more time, using up remaining seasoning and Gruyere.
- Pour half and half evenly over the top and cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake another 15 minutes, or until potatoes are tender and top is nicely browned. Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 147.6 calories, Carbohydrate 16.6 g, Cholesterol 25.1 mg, Fat 8.1 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 74.8 mg, Sugar 0.9 g
PUMPKIN GRATIN
This is a tasty way to have pumpkin in a savory, rather than sweet, dish.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Main Dish Recipes Casserole Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Rub a 2-quart gratin dish with garlic clove, and generously spread with butter. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Add breadcrumbs. Season with salt and pepper, and stir until crumbs have separated, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl, and stir in parsley. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, thyme, and chives. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer pumpkin mixture to prepared dish.
- In a small saucepan, combine cream and nutmeg. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer 5 minutes. Pour cream over pumpkin mixture.
- Transfer gratin dish to oven, and bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven; stir gently. Return to oven, and bake until cream has thickened and is bubbling, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
- Turn on broiler. Sprinkle gratin with the reserved breadcrumb mixture, and broil until deep golden brown, about 2 minutes. Serve immediately.
PUMPKIN-POTATO GRATIN
This is one of my favorite fall gratins - potatoes and pumpkin are cooked with rosemary and white wine and baked in the oven with a crispy cheese topping. I eat it as a vegetarian main with a salad.
Provided by Anonymous
Categories Side Dish Potato Side Dish Recipes Potatoes Au Gratin Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine pumpkin, vegetable broth, white wine, and rosemary in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add onion and simmer for 10 minutes more. Remove rosemary sprig and season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cut potatoes into thick slices and place 1/2 of the potatoes in a baking dish. Cover with 1/2 of the tomato slices and 1 teaspoon oregano leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese.
- Pour pumpkin and cooking liquid on top. Cover with remaining potatoes and tomatoes. Sprinkle with remaining oregano. Mix remaining Cheddar cheese and bread crumbs together and evenly sprinkle over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and lightly browned on top, 25 to 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 541.5 calories, Carbohydrate 60.9 g, Cholesterol 59.3 mg, Fat 21.3 g, Fiber 6.5 g, Protein 23.7 g, SaturatedFat 12.5 g, Sodium 797.9 mg, Sugar 11.1 g
PUMPKIN GRATIN
Provided by Julia Reed
Categories dinner, main course
Time 1h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Cut the pumpkin in half and, with a knife, remove the flesh from inside. Discard the seeds and cut flesh into thin slices. Place the slices and chicken broth, or 1 cup lightly salted water, in a saucepan. Simmer, covered but stirring frequently, until just tender, about 10 minutes. Drain, transfer to a bowl and season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cook the bacon until it begins to crisp. Drain on paper towels. Stir in the onion and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, about 7 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in the tomatoes, thyme and sage and let cool slightly.
- Stir the onion mixture, bacon, eggs, cream and 2 tablespoons of cheese into the pumpkin.
- Place mixture into a 9-inch gratin dish or 2 1/2-quart shallow baking dish, smoothing the top. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and the bread crumbs. Bake until nicely browned, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 185, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 18 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 634 milligrams, Sugar 8 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PUMPKIN GRATIN BY JACQUES PEPIN
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spoon the pumpkin puree into a food processor and add the eggs, cream, cheese, salt, and pepper. Process for 10 to 15 seconds to combine. Coat a 6-cup gratin dish with the butter. Fill the dish with the pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until set and lightly browned on top. Serve.
MASHED POTATO-PUMPKIN GRATIN
How can you go wrong with all the favorites of the holidays? Here you have a wonderful combination of mashed potatoes and pumpkin, and to make it all the better, just add cheese. This was in a cooking club of america magazine. Check out my holiday menu to see some great things to pair this side dish with.
Provided by SaffronMeSilly
Categories Potato
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat oven to 375. Spray 1 1/2 to 2 qt gratin or baking dish with cooking spray. Boil potatoes and garlic in large pot of salted water over medium heat 15 to 20 minutes or until tender. Drain; return potatoes to pot. Stir over low heat 1 minute or until excess moisture has evaporated.
- Mash potatoes until smooth. Stir in mascarpone cheese, half and half, and butter until mascarpone and butter are melted. Vigorously stir in pumpkin, salt, and pepper until smooth. Spoon into baking dish; sprinkle with gruyere (gratin can be made to this point 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.).
- Bake 30-35 minutes or until hot and cheese is lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 246.7, Fat 9.3, SaturatedFat 5.6, Cholesterol 28.1, Sodium 253.4, Carbohydrate 33.9, Fiber 5, Sugar 2.8, Protein 8.4
PUMPKIN GRUYèRE GRATIN WITH THYME
Provided by Susan Spungen
Categories Cheese Side Thanksgiving Pumpkin Thyme Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°F. In a medium skillet over medium heat, heat the oil and butter. Add the onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until softened and starting to brown, 8 to 10 minutes, tossing occasionally. Transfer to a 3-quart gratin dish and add pumpkin, thyme leaves, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper and toss to combine. Roast until squash is soft, tossing halfway through, about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine cream, reserved thyme stems, garlic, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, cayenne, and nutmeg. Bring to a simmer, whisk in cornstarch, and cook for 1 minute. Turn off heat, cover, and let steep about 30 minutes.
- Once squash is tender, remove thyme stems from cream mixture and pour cream over squash. Sprinkle with cheese and then breadcrumbs. Return to oven and cook until cream is bubbling, 5 to 7 minutes. Broil until top is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve immediately.
GRATIN OF PUMPKIN AND POTATOES
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories casseroles, side dish
Time 45m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Combine the potatoes and pumpkin in a saucepan, cover with salted water, bring to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
- Drain and mash the pumpkin and potatoes, using a ricer or a sieve. Return them to the saucepan and stir in the sage, chives, milk, two tablespoons of the butter and three tablespoons of the cheese. Season to taste with salt.
- About 20 minutes before serving, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly butter a 9-inch round pie pan.
- Spread the potato and pumpkin mixture in the pan. Smooth the top surface lightly with a fork, then brush with the remaining butter. Sprinkle with the bread crumbs and the remaining cheese. Bake about 20 minutes, until the mixture is heated through and the top is lightly browned. Serve at once.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 244, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 29 grams, Fat 12 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 8 grams, SaturatedFat 7 grams, Sodium 525 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PUMPKIN AU GRATIN
This is a simple recipe to make. It is quick in preparation time but a bit long in baking time (2 hours). It tastes very nice. (simple recipes doesn't mean you eat bad things). This principle can be used as a base to make other "au gratin" vegetables. I am thinking of making a courgette tian (adapted from a non vegan recipe).
Provided by Dave5003
Categories European
Time 2h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven (300°F, 150°C, Th 5). Put the pumpkin dices in a oven dish.
- Put the garlic, almond puree, olive oil and salt in bowl.
- Pour the soy milk little by little while stirring.
- The mixture has to be smooth.
- Pour the mixture over the pumpkin.
- Sprinkle with ground bread crumbs.
- Put in the oven and bake for 2 hours.
- NB: if you like almonds, you can add 1 tea spoon ground almonds in the mixture before adding the soy milk.
PUMPKIN AND PECORINO GRATIN
Puree sugar pumpkin to enjoy in this tasty baked gratin.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Main Dish Recipes Casserole Recipes
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a food processor, combine bread and cheese. Season with salt and pepper, and pulse until large crumbs form.
- Season sugar-pumpkin puree with salt and pepper; spoon into a 1-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with crumb mixture, and dot with butter. Bake until crumbs are browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 169 g, Fat 9 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 6 g
Tips:
- Choose the right pumpkin: Look for a sugar pumpkin or pie pumpkin, which are smaller and have a sweeter flavor than other varieties.
- Cut the pumpkin safely: Use a sharp knife to cut the pumpkin in half, then scoop out the seeds and pulp.
- Roast the pumpkin before grating it: Roasting the pumpkin intensifies its flavor and makes it easier to grate.
- Use a food processor to grate the pumpkin: This is the easiest way to get evenly grated pumpkin.
- Don't overcook the gratin: The pumpkin should be tender but still hold its shape.
- Serve the gratin hot: This dish is best enjoyed warm out of the oven.
Conclusion:
Pumpkin gratin is a delicious and versatile dish that can be served as a side dish or main course. It's perfect for fall gatherings, and it's also a great way to use up leftover pumpkin. With its creamy, cheesy sauce and tender pumpkin, this gratin is sure to be a hit with everyone at the table.
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