Gratin of quenelles with tomato sauce

Gratin of quenelles with tomato sauce : instructions

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    These are the quenelles I buy at my favorite organic grocery store...
    
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    And here's the tomato sauce I found at the same grocery store...
    
• Let's get started!
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    Preheat your oven to 220°C. Arrange the quenelles in a baking dish; there’s no need to grease the dish.
    
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    Pour the tomato sauce over the dumplings, spreading it roughly around them.
    
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    To make sure you don't waste any of your precious tomato sauce, fill the jar about halfway with water, close it, and shake it well to collect all the sauce.
    
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    Pour this "tomato water" over the dumplings to thoroughly moisten the sauce (this is important so the dumplings puff up nicely and turn out nice and fluffy—yum).
    
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    This is what your gratin dish should look like now!
    
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    You can't make a gratin without cheese, so be generous and cover the baking dish with a first layer of Parmesan and a second layer of Comté, so that the quenelles are completely hidden.
    
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    Place in the oven and bake at 220°C for 25 minutes. The baking time I’ve given here is for the quenelles I showed you. If you’re making quenelles that are larger or smaller than these, you’ll need to adjust the baking time according to the instructions on the package.
    
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    Enjoy these tomato-sauce-baked dumplings fresh from the oven, perhaps with some bread for mopping up the sauce and a green salad.