Cheesy Bacon and Swiss Chard Gratin Recipe

What The Heck Do You Do With Swiss Chard Other Than Salad? You Add Bacon, Cheese and Make A Gratin!

Cheesy Bacon and Swiss Chard Gratin Recipe

So, remember I was saying I get the local, organic produce boxes delivered each week? I was so excited to see this week's had Swiss Chard. Because, you guys, they use that on Chopped!

But then it hit me... I have no clue what to actually do with this gorg leafy green! Maybe that's why it's always on chopped? Off to the all knowing Google I went. All I found were a bunch of salads.

Don't get me wrong, my girlish figure says I could totally eat more salad. But, but, I wanted to cook something! Because Swiss Chard!! It just seemed so... fancy... ???

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I was determined to cook this stuff and I had bacon (obviously) so I could wing a cheesy kind of dish, right? This is what I threw together....

How to make our Cheesy Bacon and Swiss Chard Gratin Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 LB Swiss Chard wash, drain, chop the size of spinach leaves
• ½ PKG Bacon cook, drain, crumble - save bacon fat!
• ½ Cup Italian Seasoned Breadcrumbs
• 1 Cup Heavy Cream
• 2 Cloves Garlic crushed
• ½ Cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• 2 TBS Butter
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

Pre-heat oven to *400. In the pan you cooked the bacon in, the one with the fat left over, toss in your chopped Swiss Chard and butter. Cook until wilted. About 3 minutes.

While that's going, bring cream and garlic to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in salt and pepper.

Place wilted chard in an oven safe dish. I like my cast iron pan.

Pour warmed cream mixture over the top. Add bacon and cheese over the top of that evenly.

Finally, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and top off with a bit more salt & pepper. Bake for 20 minutes or until top is all bubbly, warm, brown, yummy.

Serve hot!

And that's kind of how I would play it if I opened up my basket and got Swiss Chard on Chopped!

No salad. Big girl cooking!

My mother in law says it's a common dish for Fall and a great holiday side dish!

Also, any dish you'd use with greens (collard or otherwise) you can absolutely sub these in! Who knew?

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