Kumara and bacon bake

Name: Kumara and bacon bake
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 pieces Streaky bacon, butcher-cured smoked streaky bacon, cut into 2cm square pieces (Main); 150 g Red kumara, peeled, sliced thinly (Main); 1 Red onion, peeled and sliced thinly; 1 cup Milk; 1 cup Cream; 2 cloves Crushed garlic; 1 to taste Salt & freshly ground pepper

15 min

for 4 people

Doug Sherring

Herald on Sunday

By Grant Allen

Ingredients

8 pieces	Streaky bacon, butcher-cured smoked streaky bacon, cut into 2cm square pieces (Main)
150 g	Red kumara, peeled, sliced thinly (Main)
1	Red onion, peeled and sliced thinly
1 cup	Milk
1 cup	Cream
2 cloves	Crushed garlic
1 to taste	Salt & freshly ground pepper

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180 degC
Layer the kumara, bacon and onion in an ovenproof casserole dish.
Warm the milk, cream, garlic and salt and pepper and pour over the layered ingredients. Cover with a lid or tin foil.
Bake in a medium oven for an hour. Check the kumara is well cooked.
Remove the lid or foil and return to the oven for 10 to 15 minutes to brown off the top (watch carefully so it doesn't burn).