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Two-cheese vegetable gratin

This is a vegetable gratin with a difference: 3 layers of different vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli and aubergine) with two different cheeses for a flavousome topping: Comté and Époisse.

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Last modified on: October 16^th 2019

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For 3 people, you will need:

1 350 g cauliflower
2 350 g broccoli
3 350 g egg-plant or aubergine
4 2 tablespoons olive oil
5 10 g butter
6 75 ml liquid cream
7 40 g Époisses
8 25 g Comté cheese
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 1,230 grams

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
36 min.	5 min.	42 min.	1 hour 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare 350 g cauliflower.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Boil in salted water until barely cooked (it should still be slightly firm).

Use a "spider" or slotted spoon to remove the cauliflower from the pan and drain thoroughly,. Leave the pan on the heat for the broccoli.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Prepare 350 g broccoli.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cook in the same water until barely tender (like the cauliflower).

Drain thoroughly.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Rinse and dry 350 g egg-plant or aubergine and dice.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat. When good and hot, add the diced aubergine.

Fry until lightly browned, then take off the heat.

Stage 7 - 4 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Butter a gratin dish and spread the cauliflower and aubergines in an even layer.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the broccoli, salt lightly, pepper and pour 75 ml liquid cream over.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Add 40 g Époisses cut into strips.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Top with the grated 25 g Comté cheese.

Stage 11 - 30 min.

Bake for about 25 minutes until the Comté is nicely browned. Finish browing under the grill briefly if necessary.

Remarks

Do feel free to adapt this recipe to your own tastes by using different vegetables or cheeses.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,059 Kcal or 4,434 Kj	37 gr	53 gr	78 gr
53 %	14 %	5 %	12 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
86 Kcal or 360 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	6 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
353 Kcal or 1,478 Kj	12 gr	18 gr	26 gr
18 %	5 %	2 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 3 people : 5.51 €
Per person : 1.84 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Egg-plant or aubergine: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cauliflower and purple eggplant with Greek pesto, Moussaka, Ratatouille confite, Madras rice, Vegetable tian, ... All
	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm autumn salad, Paella, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , ... All
	Broccoli: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to prepare broccoli, Quartet of brassicas with cream , Leek and broccoli "à la flamande", Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, Broccoli savoury custard, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turban of sole with langoustines, Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Spring veal sauté , Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, ... All

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