Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce
Spinach and cauliflower, each cooked on its own side, then bound together with a roasted sesame béchamel.
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Last modified on: January 14th 2024
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
15 ml sesame seeds - 2
400 ml cauliflower - 3
500 ml whole milk - 4
½ sprig thyme - 5
½ garlic clove - 6
½ shallot - 7
10.32 ml butter - 8
300 ml cooked spinach - 9
100 ml Bechamel sauce - 10
salt - 11
pepper
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min. | 26 min. | 56 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Pour 15 ml sesame seeds onto a baking sheet and roast in the oven at 150°C (300°F) for 15 minutes, then set aside.
Note: You can also roast them for 5 minutes in a small frying pan over medium heat.
Note: You can also roast them for 5 minutes in a small frying pan over medium heat.
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Pour the strips into a saucepan and cover with milk, add ½ sprig thyme, ½ garlic clove, and salt.
Cook over low heat, uncovered, until the cauliflower is tender.
Cook over low heat, uncovered, until the cauliflower is tender.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Drain (save the milk for another recipe), then remove and discard the thyme and garlic clove.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
In the just-rinsed cauliflower pan, melt over medium heat 10.32 ml butter.
Add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper, and cook without browning, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add the chopped shallot, salt and pepper, and cook without browning, stirring, for 1 minute.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Add 300 ml cooked spinach...
Stage 8 - 2 min.
... then the cauliflower and mix.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Finish with the roasted sesame and 100 ml Bechamel sauce, mix again.
Stage 10
Check the seasoning, and it's ready.
Remarks
If you have time, use the milk from cooking the cauliflower in step 4 to make the béchamel sauce.
No time to roast the sesame? Too bad, just use it as it is, it won't taste as good, but it's acceptable.
No time to roast the sesame? Too bad, just use it as it is, it won't taste as good, but it's acceptable.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 793 Kcal or 3,320 Kj | 48 gr | 59 gr | 52 gr |
| 40 % | 18 % | 6 % | 8 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 59 Kcal or 247 Kj | 4 gr | 4 gr | 4 gr |
| 3 % | 1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 397 Kcal or 1,662 Kj | 24 gr | 29 gr | 26 gr |
| 20 % | 9 % | 3 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 2.44 €
- Per person : 1.22 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coffee custard, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Panna cotta, Celeriac and sesame soup, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, ... All |
 | Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Country vegetable soup, Roasted Cauliflower, Two-colour cauliflower salad, Breton coleslaw, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, ... All |
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Feta and spinach brik pie, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Spinach à la Lorraine, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Ham "friand" pie, Ham and endives au gratin, Chard and potato gratin, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, ... All |
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