Roasted Vegetable Gratin

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 yellow squash, cut into 1/4 in slices
• 3 tomatoes, cut into 1/2 in slices
• 10 ounces mixed mushrooms, cut into 1/4 in slices
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 14 ounces rustic bread, crusts removed and cut into 2 in slices
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 teaspoon thyme

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 in small bowl, combine olive oil and garlic, then coat bottom of 9x13 baking dish with 1 1/2 teaspoons of the garlic infused oil.
• 3 tear the bread into 2 in pieces and fit tightly in the bottom of the dish.
• 4 drizzle the bread with 2 tablespoons of the garlic oil and season with salt and pepper. sprinkle the bread with half the basil.
• 5 in a medium bowl, toss the vegetables with 2 tablespoons of the garlic oil and season with salt and pepper. sprinkle the tomato slices with salt and pepper.
• 6 arrange all vegetables on top of the bread, overlapping if necessary. sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper and drizzle with the remaining oil.
• 7 bake the gratin for about 40 minutes, until the veggies begin to brown and bottom of bread is golden.
• 8 remove from oven and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes. sprinkle with remaining basil, cut into pieces and serve.