Couregette and Baguette Bake

This is a great way to get rid of day old baguette. A scrumptious vegetarian dish with a creamy cheese sauce and grated Dutch cheese on top. 

I found this recipe leaflet that are on the counter of  some of our  traditional bakeries.  And the recipe asked directly for a traditional crafted baguette. I went to one of our old bakeries, family owned since 1913.

Courgette is easy to combine in that dish. It needs a bit of seasoning up front to make it a bit tastier. I adjusted the recipe as always.

Preheat the oven 180 C fan.

A bake for 2:

8-10 slices of day old baguette

3tbsp olive oil and 4 cloves of chopped garlic and some pepper

250 g courgette

30 g butter, 30 g flour, 300 ml milk, 80 g velveeta cheese typ Gouda 

nutmeg, salt and pepper

30 g grated Dutch Gouda

Butter a baking dish, cut the courgette in 1/4 inch slices and season

Cut the bread in 1 inch slices, mix oil and garlic and pepper and spread on top of the bread.

Bake the bread for 8 min.

Stack bread and courgette slices in the baking dish.

In a small pot melt butter and add flour. Make a roux. Add milk, nutmeg and seasoning.

Melt the velveeta cheese in the sauce. Pour on top of the bread courgette stack and grate Gouda on top.

Bake for 25 - 30  min.