Impulsive Culinarian’s French Vegetable Tian With Gluten Free Breadcrumb Topping Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Dairy Free Margarine
- 4 Shallots, thinly sliced
- 3 Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced
- Salt & Pepper
- 3 skinny Roma Tomatoes
- 1 short Green Zucchini
- 1 large Carrot
- 1 short Yellow Zucchini
- 3 Fingerling Potatoes
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- Juice of 1 Lemkon
- 1/3 cup Gluten Free Bread Crumbs
- 1 tbsp chopped Fresh Thyme
- 2 ounces Dairy Free White Cheese, finely grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°
- Grease a shallow 2 liter casserole dish with the dairy free margarine
- Add sliced shallots and garlic to the greased casserole and toss together to combine
- Season the shallots & garlic with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Slice the Roma tomatoes, green zucchini & yellow zucchini into thin slices
- Peel the carrot and cut diagonally into thin slices
- Peel the potatoes and slice them into very thin slices
- Arrange the vegetable slices in a pattern around the edge of your casserole, filling in the middle with more of the same pattern arrangement
- Drizzle olive oil over the vegetables
- Season generously with more kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Bake uncovered in the center rack for 20 minutes
- Lightly toast the gluten free bread
- Transfer the toast, grated cheese & fresh thyme to a food processor
- Blitz until thoroughly ground and combined
- Transfer the breadcrumb topping to a clean bowl and set aside
- After baking the tian for 20 minutes, remove from the oven and pour lemon juice over the vegetables
- Return to the oven uncovered for another 15 minutes
- After baking for 15 minutes remove from the oven and spread your bread crumb mixture evenly across the top of your tian
- Return to the oven uncovered for an additional 10 minutes
- Let the tian cool for around 10 minutes before serving
Vegetables Never Looked So Amazing!
Some might say this dish is almost too beautiful to demolish, however one bite of this delicious spring vegetable casserole and you too will be anxiously awaiting the opportunity to dig in. Not only pleasing to the eye, but very appealing to the taste buds as well with lovely roasted shallots & garlic at it’s base, this gorgeous French classic will have all your guests coming back for more.
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