Yellow Squash and Zucchini Gratin
This gratin is the perfect way to use up an abundance of summer squash. It's easy to prepare, takes just 10 minutes in the oven, and serves up bubbly and delicious. —Jonathan Lawler, Greenfield, Indiana
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 medium zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 2 medium yellow summer squash, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 2 shallots, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup panko bread crumbs, divided
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
Reviews
This is delicious! It’s April now, I had some store-bought squash to use up, but I can’t wait until the glut of summer gardens gives me reason to make this often!! Very simple recipe and tastes so rich! Ok, so the heavy cream and cheese helps, but the amounts of each that are used are reasonable. I salted my cut squash, let them stand a little while and rinsed before cooking to cut back on moisture a little, but otherwise followed the recipe. I might try to switch out the cheese for something like Swiss or gruyere or Gouda, just for variety. Very good side dish!
Gave it a 4 but it will probably be a 10! Love both types of squash, grew up on them, and this sounds like a keeper! (winter here so I will wait for the fresh veggies! LOL!)
The one thing I like about spring/summer season is all the fruits and veggies and such yummy eating! And although I love to take any and all veggies that people grow and give away, I would sometimes cringe and think "oh gosh..more squash!" to try and come up with ways to use it all. Now, mind you, I also like the challenge of coming up with new recipes and ways to use it, but sometime it can be stressful to get to it all and EAT it all before they go bad. I think you can relate. Anyway, after collecting dozens of recipes for squash, whoddathunk that the EASIEST, simplest recipe ever is my all time favorite and will probably be the way I make my squash from now on and forget all the fancy, shmancy recipes?! LOL Here is what I made (with my own tweaks based on what I had) and the peeps RAVED about it: My family said "look no more- THIS is the way to make it EVERY time!" And I agree. Thank you.
I made a few changes to this recipe. I seeded the squash to cut down on the water content and diced it and added some red and orange bell pepper for color, and before adding the topping, I layered sliced plum tomatoes over the vegetables that I spooned into a casserole. I also used Greek yogurt mixed with enough ½
Pretty good. I used all zucchini and cut the recipe in half for just 2 of us. Used 2% milk in place of cream and onion in place of shallot. I would make this one again.
I prepared this with a little less fat by using fat-free half and half rather than cream. It is amazing!! Best squash casserole I've eaten.
Great recipe. Easy to make, lots of flavor and very creamy. Everyone loved it.
Very simple to make but has a lot of taste. I added poblano peppers for a little kick but otherwise stuck to the recipe as it's listed and it came out just great! It's on our go-to list for Spring, we've made it 3x since it was published!
Served it for guests. Really great! Easy to make and very tasty.