🇫🇷 French

Shrimp Gratin

Name: Shrimp Gratin
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tbsp, for the dish Butter; 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 3 Potato; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 400 g Shrimp; 100 g, grated Cheese; 150 g Gruyère Cheese

🇫🇷 French

An oven-born french classic — shrimp under a savoury crust that crackles when served. Ready in 45 minutes including prep.

Prep 18 min Cook 27 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Butter1 tbsp, for the dish
Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Potato3
Black Peppercorns1 tsp
Shrimp400 g
Cheese100 g, grated
Gruyère Cheese150 g

Optional extras

Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the shrimp.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the black peppercorns.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Buttery Shrimp Gratin from Jacques Pépin | Cooking at Home | KQED · on YouTube