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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 12 people, you will need:

1 3 lb + 1.3 oz cauliflower
2 3 lb + 1.3 oz broccoli
3 3 lb + 1.3 oz egg-plant or aubergine
4 6 tablespoons olive oil
5 1.5 oz butter
6 10.6 oz liquid cream
7 5.6 oz Époisses
8 3.5 oz Comté cheese
9 salt
10 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

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 3 lb + 1.3 oz 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 3 lb + 1.3 oz 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 3 lb + 1.3 oz egg-plant or aubergine and dice.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Pour 6 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 10.6 oz liquid cream over.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Add 5.6 oz Époisses cut into strips.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Top with the grated 3.5 oz 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
3,964 Kcal or 16,596 Kj	147 gr	211 gr	282 gr
198 %	56 %	20 %	43 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
81 Kcal or 339 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	6 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
330 Kcal or 1,382 Kj	12 gr	18 gr	23 gr
17 %	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 12 people : 21.92 €
Per person : 1.83 €

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