Cauliflower Gratin With Vegetables Recipe
Gratin (ogratin) is an oven cooking technique. You can prepare all kinds of vegetables this way by baking them with bechamel sauce. Béchamel and cheddar go well with cauliflower, and when spring onions and zucchini are included in the game, it becomes a vegetable and a feast in itself. Bon Appetit!
Ingredients:
For 4 people
🕐 Preparation: 15 min.
🕐 Cooking: 30 min.
For the meal: | ||||
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Cauliflower | 500 | Grams | ||
Zucchini | 2 | Qty | ||
Feta Cheese (Semi Skimmed) | 1 | Half Cup | ||
Fresh Onion | 1 | Bunch | ||
Egg | 3 | Qty | ||
Dill | 4 | Sprig | ||
Parsley | 4 | Sprig | ||
Black Pepper | 1/2 | Tsp | ||
Salt | 1 | Tsp | ||
Olive Oil | 1 | Tsp (large) |
For the Béchamel Sauce: | ||||
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Butter | 1 | Tbsp | ||
Olive Oil | 1 | Tbsp | ||
Whole Wheat Flour | 3 | Rounded Tbsp | ||
Milk | 1 | Cup | ||
Nutmeg Grated (Grater) | 1 | Tsp |
Instructions:
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Wash the cauliflower and separate it into tiny little flowers and put them in vinegar water. Then boil it in salty and vinegar water for 3-4 minutes, remove it to cold ice water and let it rest for 5 minutes.
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Finely chop the green zucchini, onion and onion.
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For the bechamel sauce, melt the olive oil and butter in a separate pan, add the flour, fry it until it turns pink and slowly add the milk.
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Add salt and nutmeg grated to the sauce that thickens.
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First, add half of the bechamel sauce to a glass baking dish that you have greased or lined with baking paper, arrange the vegetables on top and spread the remaining bechamel sauce evenly on it.
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Bake in a preheated 180 degree oven for 10 minutes.
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Add 1/2 cup of fresh cheddar and ground red pepper to the baked and cooked vegetables and bake for another 1-2 minutes until the cheddar is melted. Serve the vegetable gratin you cut out of the oven and sliced hot. Bon Appetit!
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Note: Strained yogurt sauce with garlic and fresh mint goes well with this recipe.
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