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    Cheese & bacon gratin

    • Preparation time: 10 minutes
    • Cooking time: 55 minutes
    • Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes 60 minutes 5 minutes

    Serves: 4

    Ingredients

    8 rashers Waitrose Smoked British Back Bacon, cut into 1cm wide strips
    900g mix of potatoes and sweet potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
    115g pack Waitrose Baby Spinach
    100g Seriously Strong Extra Mature Cheddar, grated
    1 bunch salad onions, thinly sliced
    200ml essential Waitrose Reduced Fat British
    Crème Fraîche
    100ml vegetable stock
    1 tsp English mustard
    4 tbsp breadcrumbs
    2 tbsp pumpkin seeds 

    Method

    1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6. Cook the bacon in a frying pan for 5 minutes until starting to crisp.

    2. Layer up a third of the potatoes and spinach in a medium-sized ovenproof dish. Scatter some cheese, cooked bacon and salad onions on top. Continue to layer up the ingredients, setting aside a handful of cheese for the top.

    3. Whisk together the crème fraîche, stock and mustard and pour over the layered gratin, then scatter over the reserved cheese and a good grinding of black pepper. Bake for 50 minutes until cooked through and golden brown, covering with foil towards the end if the top starts to get brown. About 10 minutes before the end of baking, scatter over the breadcrumbs and pumpkin seeds. Serve warm. 

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    This is great to have as a side dish, too. Serve a smaller portion of the gratin to enjoy with roast meats such as lamb or chicken.  

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