12 Continental Dinner Ideas With Au Gratin, Soup, Bread & Dessert
Shruti Prasad
November 19, 2018
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Holiday season and winters calls for some hearty, delicious baked dishes, warm wholesome soups, fresh breads and delicious desserts. Creamy Au gratins are perfect dish for the holidays which can become a dinnertime staple that the whole family will love. Au gratin dinner combinations are worthy of serving at holiday dinners and your guests will be impressed by them.
Au Gratin is a French Style of cooking where casseroles are topped with bread crumbs & butter & are allowed to brown by baking or broiling till you have a crunch. Sometimes cheese is sprinkled which melts & gets crispy .There are a different ways you could make an Au Gratin, with different vegetables, meat & seafood.
Au gratin recipe can easily be made ahead of time and then reheated when ready.This is definitely comfort food, made from scratch.The trickiest part of this recipe is making the sauce.A “Roux” is a French word pronounced ‘roo’. A roux thickens sauces and is usually a combination of butter and flour. If you want the sauce to thicken a little quicker, warm milk before adding to roux.
Au gratin is usually prepared in a shallow dish of some kind. A gratin dish refers to the shallow oven-proof container traditionally used to prepare gratins and similar dishes. Couple of steps involved in making a Gratin are
Preheat the oven
Prepare the vegetables or the filling required
Make the Sauce
Grease a Au Gratin Dish and Assemble the Gratin
Bake till you get a nice brown layer at the top of the dish
Here are a few Au gratin meal combinations that you can make for the holidays.
Meal 1:Mini Potato Cheesy Au Gratin, Spring Onion, Pepper & Spaghetti Soup, Herbed Dinner Rolls & Classic Cheesecake
Mini Potato Cheesy Au Gratin
1967 Ratings
Spring Onion, Pepper & Spaghetti Soup
867 Ratings
Herbed Dinner Rolls
1593 Ratings
Classic Cheesecake With Lemon Curd Made Using Preethi Electric Pressure Cooker
1137 Ratings
Meal 2:Spinach And Corn Au Gratin, French Onion Soup, Whole Wheat Seeded Loaf & Strawberry Coconut Trifle Pudding
Meal 5:Couscous Eggplant And Tomato Gratin ,Vegetarian Pumpkin And Chickpea Soup, Focaccia Bread with Sweet Onion and Capers & Healthy Fruit & Nut Watermelon Dessert
Couscous Eggplant And Tomato Gratin
924 Ratings
Vegetarian Pumpkin And Chickpea Soup
662 Ratings
Focaccia Bread with Sweet Onion and Capers
1612 Ratings
Healthy Fruit & Nut Watermelon Dessert With Greek Yogurt
1827 Ratings
Meal 6:Baked Creamy Potato Gratin, Pea And Spring Onion Soup , Whole Wheat Rosemary Focaccia Bread & Black And Green Grapes Panna Cotta
Meal 8:Butternut Squash Gratin, Cream Of Mushroom & Spring Onion Soup, Whole Wheat Oats And Pesto Bread & Lemon Frozen Yogurt
Butternut Squash Gratin
1215 Ratings
Cream Of Mushroom & Spring Onion Soup
4299 Ratings
Whole Wheat Oats And Pesto Bread
1077 Ratings
Lemon Frozen Yogurt
1459 Ratings
Meal 9: Ruote Pasta & Eggplant Gratin, Kale And Mushroom French Soup, Fennel Pesto Pull-Apart Bread & Banoffee Pie
Ruote Pasta & Eggplant Gratin
2904 Ratings
Kale And Mushroom French Soup
577 Ratings
Fennel Pesto Pull-Apart Bread
1601 Ratings
Banoffee Pie
6408 Ratings
Meal 10:Cauliflower And Broccoli Au Gratin ,Spinach And Tortellini Soup ,Focaccia Bread With Cherry Tomatoes, Basil Pesto And Goat Cheese & Vanilla Panna Cotta With Strawberry Coulis
Roasted Cauliflower Broccoli Au Gratin
2750 Ratings
Spinach And Tortellini Soup
581 Ratings
Focaccia Bread With Cherry Tomatoes, Basil Pesto And Goat Cheese
Meal 12:Vegetable Au Gratin with Cauliflower Carrots and Beans,Red Sorrel Two Bean Soup, Roasted Garlic No Knead Skillet Bread With Olives & Pear Poached In Spiced Red Wine
Vegetable Au Gratin with Cauliflower Carrots and Beans