Broad Bean and Mushroom Gratin

Ingredients

Last weekend we ate the broad beans from our garden to make a Broadbean & Mushroom gratin.  Submitted by Christine.

Fresh broad beans

Brown mushrooms

White sauce made using flour and butter, chicken stock, milk, fresh herbs such as parsley, oregano, thyme, chives

Cheddar cheese, grated

Directions

Shell the broad beans and cook in salted boiling water for about 7 mins (don't over do it)

Saute lots of brown mushrooms in butter

Make a simple white sauce, with flour and butter and using chicken stock as well as milk and then add lashings of fresh herbs - parsley, thyme, oregano, chives etc

Add broadbeans and mushrooms to a lasagne dish, pour over the white sauce, crumble day old bread over the top, then cheese (I used aged port wine cheddar) and bake for 20 mins in a moderate oven.