Pepper And Potato Bake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 ounces butter
• 1 large onion, peeled and sliced
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
• 2 courgettes, trimmed and sliced
• 2 1/2 lbs potatoes, peeled and thickly sliced
• 1/2 ounce plain flour
• 1/2 pint milk
• 1/4 pint double cream
• 6 ounces lancashire cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leave
• 1 sprig fresh thyme (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius
• 2 melt 1 oz of the butter in a frying pan and fry the onion, garlic, peppers, and courgettes for 5-7 minutes, until soft.
• 3 meanwhile, parboil the potatoes in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. drain and cool by rinsing in cold water.
• 4 layer half the potatoes over the base of a 3pt oven proof dish.
• 5 spoon over the pepper mixture then the rest of the potatoes.
• 6 place the remaining butter, flour, and milk in a saucepan and cook over a low heat, whisking, until it boils and thickens.
• 7 stir in the cream and pour the sauce over the potatoes.
• 8 scatter over the cheese and thyme leaves and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• 9 bake for 30 minutes or until golden.
• 10 garnish with fresh thyme.