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 12 people, you will need:
- 1
½ cup sesame seeds - 2
10 cups cauliflower - 3
12 2⁄3 cups whole milk - 4
3 sprigs thyme - 5
3 cloves garlic - 6
3 shallots - 7
1⁄3 cup butter - 8
7 2⁄3 cups cooked spinach - 9
2 2⁄3 cups Bechamel sauce - 10
salt - 11
pepper
How long will 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 ½ cup 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 3 sprigs thyme, 3 cloves garlic, 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 1⁄3 cup 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 7 2⁄3 cups cooked spinach...
Stage 8 - 2 min.
... then the cauliflower and mix.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Finish with the roasted sesame and 2 2⁄3 cups 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 |
| 4,760 Kcal or 19,929 Kj | 285 gr | 351 gr | 314 gr |
| 238 % | 110 % | 33 % | 48 % |
| 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 12 people : 14.66 €
- 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: Panna cotta, Rice pudding (riz au lait), Celeriac and sesame soup, Cannelés, Gratin with Parmesan flavours, ... All |
 | Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Roasted vegetables with thyme and green sauce, Parmesan cauliflower cheese, Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , Country vegetable soup, ... All |
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach brik parcels, Spinach Omelette, Eggs "en cocotte" with spinach, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Salmon and spinach quiche, ... All |
 | Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Potato and broccoli gratin, Escalope cordon bleu, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Ham "friand" pie, ... All |
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