Grandma"s Zucchini Casserole-Giada De Laurentiis

linguinelisa's Note:

This is my version of a recipe I saw Giada make on her show. She puts bread crumbs between the zucchini layers but I think they taste soggy so I just put them on top. I sometimes just use an Italian shredded cheese blend as a substitute for the cheeses.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 5 medium zucchini, sliced lengthwise in 1/4-inch slices (about 1 1/2 lbs.)
• salt
• pepper
• 1 cup cream or 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup shredded Fontina cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded romano cheese
• 1/3 cup dried bread, crumbs
• 4 tablespoons butter, cut into smaller pieces

Directions:

1. Grease a baking dish with olive oil.
2. Layer in dish zucchini, salt and pepper, cream and cheeses. Make 3 layers. Top with bread crumbs, then butter. Bake at 375 for 35 to 40 minutes.

Reviews

[Raspberri_Skies]

Tasty! I made some changes...I doubled the recipe and used mild cheddar and mozzarella in place of the other cheeses. I used cream and baked it for 35 minutes, to be honest it needed a little longer to cook so I will definitely go for 40-45 next time. Aside from that it reminded me of macaroni and cheese!! Next time I will bake longer and NOT cut lengthwise, that was awkward to eat that way. I will definitely make again!

[Lavender Lynn]

Wonderful. Every member of my family loved this. Made for PRMR.