(1) Well, here is one unusual but utterly delicious use for some of it as a gratin topping.

(2) With any kind of gratin , he adds, the cheese should be scorched with a blow-torch to stop it sticking to the foil lid.

(3) Slice the potatoes thickly, and put half of them in the base of a deep gratin dish.

(4) My partner and I had the Mediterranean salad and the mushroom gratin to start, for main the salmon fillet and fillet of beef.

(5) It was flanked by a sublime gratin dauphinois with a cheesy, sabayon-like crust.

(6) A gratin dish

(7) For the main course, Grandma had saddle of local lamb, with tiny mushrooms and a ratatouille gratin on a bed of polenta.

(8) The gratin potatoes were melt-in-the-mouth and only the courgettes were a little disappointing, lacking in flavour.

(9) Pour the onion and tomato mixture over the eggs in the gratin dish and sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top.

(10) Then they were served a beefsteak as the main course, accompanied by a potato gratin with just a touch of garlic.

(11) So the meal is set and being plated and after the salad course the two guests in question were served their lovely gratin dishes filled with delicious and creamy macaroni and cheese.

(12) A gratin of sole fillets

(13) You get a similarly hearty feel from a butternut risotto or a butternut take on a potato gratin .

(14) The father and daughter team successfully cooked a black bean hummus, a green salad, a cassoulet of sausages, and a raspberry gratin , all within 45 minutes.

(15) A traditional gratin is cooked entirely in the oven, but I prefer to simmer the potatoes first in milk on the hob, then finish the dish in the oven.

(16) Lightly butter an ovenproof gratin dish and arrange the chicory halves cut-side down in a single layer.

(17) The cod was a complete success, the gratin bringing this humble dish to life.

(18) The second time, the chef humbles our table by offering to prepare a tasting menu, then bewitches us with a gratin of wonderfully tender green-lip mussels showered with tomato-fennel salsa.

(19) Place half of this in a buttered gratin dish, then season generously with salt and pepper.

(20) Also you don't have to turn out a gratin - it is served from the dish.

(21) Drain and place the cauliflower in the gratin dish.

(22) There's not much to say about a gratinéed onion soup - served without a spoon, no less - that tastes mostly of salt.

(23) Now it's time for dinner, a gratinée made with our first harvest of spinach, eggs, cream, swiss cheese.

(24) Only a couple of hours before the guests are expecting to eat, he and his co-chef are calmly slicing peeled, vine-ripened tomatoes for the tomato and Parmesan gratinée tartlets.

(25) Sides include gratins and a salad that will be served family-style.

(26) A gratinée is ideal for a late supper.

(27) With them was boiled green pawpaw and a christophene gratinée .

(28) All this was served atop a gratinée of small Gaspé shrimp, infinitely thin noodles and a hint of Thai spice.

(29) A designated signature dish of mushroom ravioli al forno had a pasty filling reminiscent of baby food, a sea of cream sauce, and none of the glazed, textural gratinéed effects a serious stint in a really hot oven might provide.

(30) Each dish is accompanied by a pile of steaming pommes Lyonnais gratinéed the colour of old ivory.