Turn the oven on to 180 °C (thermostat 6), regular bake. Take the frozen spinach out of the freezer and put it in a colander to thaw while you prep the rest.
Cook the potatoes
Peel the potatoes (0.7 kg) and cut them into 3 mm rounds. Put them in a saucepan of cold salted water, bring to a boil, then cook 8 min, they should stay a little firm. Drain.
Sauté the onion
Slice the onion. Melt 10 g of butter in the skillet over medium heat and sauté the onion for 5 min until translucent.
Squeeze the spinach
Squeeze the spinach by hand in the colander to get all the water out, then roughly chop it with the knife.
Tip · Squeeze the spinach by the handful, or in a clean kitchen towel, until no more water drips out, or the gratin will be soggy.
Cook the spinach
Add the spinach to the skillet with the onion and heat it for 5 min over medium heat, stirring. Salt, pepper and add the pinch of nutmeg.
Make the filling
Drain the tuna and flake it into the mixing bowl. Add the spinach with the onion and the crème fraîche (13 cl), then mix. Butter the baking dish with the remaining 10 g of butter.
Build the gratin
Spread half the potatoes in the dish, cover with the tuna and spinach mix, then finish with the rest of the potatoes. Spread half the Gruyère (50 g) on top.
Bake the gratin
Bake the dish at 180 °C (thermostat 6) for 15 min.
Brown the top
Add the rest of the Gruyère (50 g), then switch the oven to broil. Finish 2 to 3 min under the broiler until the top is golden.
Tip · Stay right by the oven, Gruyère goes from golden to burnt in a few seconds under the broiler.
And there you go, it's readyCheck off every step to celebrate.
The questions you're asking
short answers, numbers you can check
How many calories in a serving?
One serving has about 842 kcal. 28% comes from carbs, 17% from protein and 51% from fat.
60 gCarbs
36 gProtein
47 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy
842 kcal
Protein
35.7 g
Carbs
59.5 g
of which sugars
6.9 g
Fat
47.4 g
of which saturated fat
30.3 g
Fiber
14.8 g
Salt
1.2 g
Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.
How much does it cost?
About $3.07 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.
≈ $6.14for 2 people
≈ $3.07a serving
Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.
How long does it keep?
1 day in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.
1 dayin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before