Brussels Sprouts Gratin

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2/3 cup heavy cream or 2/3 cup whipping cream
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 ounce parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 lb brussels sprout, thinly, sliced, and, lightly blanched
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 garlic, clove, finely, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1 onion, thinly, sliced
• 1/4 cup smoked bacon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 melt the butter over a medium heat in a medium sauté pan and cook the onions but do not allow them to brown.
• 3 in a separate pan, cook the bacon over a medium heat to render the fat.
• 4 butter a shallow ovenproof dish.
• 5 blend together the cream, milk, parmesan cheese and seasoning in a large bowl with a spoon.
• 6 mix the blanched brussels sprouts, onions and bacon, tossing them together with the garlic, a little seasoning and grated nutmeg.
• 7 place the mixture into the bottom of the ovenproof dish and cover with the cream mixture.
• 8 cover the dish loosely with wax paper and bake for approximately 1 hour.
• 9 halfway through cooking, remove the paper and press the sprouts under the liquid in the dish.
• 10 return to the oven and brown.
• 11 serve warm.