Celery gratin with pears and blue cheese

Step 1/4

• 300 g celery root
• 1 pears
• 25 g bacon

• oven
• bowl
• box grater
• cutting board
• knife

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Roughly slice celery root and grate it into a bowl, together with the pears. Dice bacon.

Step 2/4

• ⅛ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp dried thyme
• salt
• butter for greasing

• baking dish

Add nutmeg and dried thyme and season with salt. Add bacon and mix thoroughly. Grease a baking dish with some butter.

Step 3/4

• 60 ml vegetable stock
• 100 g blue cheese
• 1½ tbsp butter
• 50 g ground almonds

Add the mixture of celery root, pears, and bacon to the baking dish. Pour vegetable stock evenly over it. Crumble blue cheese and distribute crumbled blue cheese, butter, and ground almonds over the celery root-pear mixture.

Step 4/4

• pear slices for garnish

• oven
• cutting board
• knife

Bake at 180°C/350°F for approx. 35 – 40 min., increasing the temperature to 200°C/400°F for the last 10 min. Garnish with pear slices and enjoy!

Enjoy your meal!