Prosciutto and Squash Au Gratin
You will marvel over how great this vegetable casserole tastes. Zucchini, yellow squash and prosciutto are layered and baked with a super simple creamy sauce for a decadent squash au gratin recipe.
Sometime in the past few weeks, my son hit the terrible two’s in a major way. Toddlers are confusing creatures. One moment, they’re intensely loving, smothering you with hugs and kisses. The next moment, you unknowingly did something wrong, and a twenty-minute tantrum starts.
I lovingly refer to my son as the “toddler tornado” right now. He does everything so passionately. He plays hard, loves hard, and when he’s mad, he’s feet-stomping, red-faced crying, rolling on the floor mad. I always feel like children were designed perfectly. His affectionate spells are still plentiful, and help to erase the rough times for his tender-hearted mama.
Along with the tantrums, he’s starting to go through the typical toddler pickiness with food. I always feel like it’s a huge win if I can make something that he’ll actually eat at the dinner table. He could eat snacks and berries all day, but dinner food? Yeah, he’s not a big fan of that right now.
We all really loved this casserole, and my bet is that your whole family will love it, too. Layering the vegetables with the prosciutto allows the sweet and salty flavor of the prosciutto to season the vegetables. The squash is roasted until just slightly tender and lightly covered with a Parmesan and cream sauce. I didn’t completely coat the vegetables with the cream sauce because I personally don’t like the texture of soggy squash. You can make double the sauce if you’d like it to completely coat the vegetables as you would a cheesy potato casserole.
Summer Squash and Prosciutto Au Gratin
Your entire family will love this zucchini, yellow squash and prosciutto casserole baked with a simple Parmesan cream sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 medium zucchinis, cut into rounds about â…“ inch thick
- 2 medium yellow squash, cut into rounds about â…“rd inch thick
- 3 ounces prosciutto, cut into 1 inch pieces
- ½ yellow onion, cut into long strips
- â…› tsp pepper
For the sauce
- 4 ounces light cream cheese
- 1 tbsp butter
- â…“rd cup milk (I use skim or 1%)
- â…› tsp dry mustard
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¾ cup of grated Parmesan cheese
- 9x9 casserole dish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add olive oil to the bottom of the 9x9'' baking pan, and rub around with a paper towel to coat the bottom and sides of the dish.
- Create rows in the dish, alternating zucchini slices, yellow squash slices,and a piece of prosciutto.
- Add onion slices in between the rows of squash.
- Lightly sprinkle with pepper. No need for salt, the prosciutto will provide that flavor.
- In a small sauce pan, add cream cheese and butter. Heat on low until melted through and creamy.
- To pan, add milk, garlic powder, dry mustard and ½ cup of the Parmesan cheese. Stir until well combined.
- Pour cream cheese sauce over vegetables, and place in oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Top with remaining Parmesan cheese, and serve.
Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 271Total Fat 16gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 7gCholesterol 50mgSodium 820mgCarbohydrates 17gFiber 3gSugar 8gProtein 16g
The nutrition for this recipe is calculated by an app and may be incorrect.
I will have to try this…I am always looking for foods that my picky little ones will eat. This looks delicious!
Thanks Holly! He loved the colors, and of course anything covered in cheese is good to him.
I’ve made a variation of this, but never with prosciutto. I need to give this a try, it looks amazing!
Thanks so much, Renee!
I love this easy casserole recipe. I’m sure the prosciutto adds such a great flavor to the squash. Hang in there, soon your little guy will be three and it’s amazing what a difference just a few months can make.
Thanks so much Joanie! The prosciutto makes it great. We hung out with a friend and her three year old and I was amazed at the difference!
This is so creative, looks delicious!! Perfect for Summer 🙂
Thanks lady!
This is making me so hungry and I just ate dinner! Hang in there with the terrible two’s, by the way. My daughter is right in the middle of those, too!
Thanks Ashlyn! It’s so crazy to me, it seems like it happened overnight!
YUM! What a fun and fancy side dish!
Thanks Beth! 🙂
This is SO gorgeous!! I would love a big helping!
Thanks Andi! 🙂
I’m loving all these flavors together!
Thanks Jaren!
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