Chicken Carrot Gratin
Chicken carrot gratin is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the South Fruit category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 500 g carrots
- 2 stalks leeks
- 45 g butter
- 3 chicken breast fillets
- Salt
- Pepper
- 300 ml heavy cream
- 100 ml milk
- 100 g cream cheese
- 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 75 g shredded cheese
Instructions
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1.
Peel the carrots and slice them. Clean, wash, and chop the leeks. Blanch the carrots and leeks separately in boiling water for 5 minutes; drain.
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2.
Melt 30 g butter in a pan. Sear the chicken breast fillets around all sides over high heat until they develop a golden brown color. Slice the fillets into rounds.
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3.
Preheat the oven to 150 °C (gas setting 5). Grease a baking dish with the remaining butter.
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4.
Arrange the leeks in the dish, then layer the sliced chicken and cover with carrot slices—season each layer with salt and pepper.
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5.
Whisk together the cream, milk, cream cheese, and nutmeg; pour evenly over the gratin. Bake for 20 minutes. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top and bake another 15 minutes until golden. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
