Name: Stuffed artichokes au gratin
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 58 min
Total time: 1 h 33 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 40 g shallot; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 200 g mushrooms; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 6 artichokes; 150 g Bechamel sauce; 100 g grated cheese; salt; pepper

Step by step recipe:

3 min.
Prepare and chop 40 g shallot.

Cook for 2 to 3 minutes in 2 tablespoons olive oil without colouring. Set aside.
10 min.
Peel and chop 200 g mushrooms and fry in 2 tablespoons olive oil.
Set aside.
15 min.
Cook 6 artichokes.
20 min.
Peel the leaves off the artichokes and set the hearts aside. Use a teaspoon to scrape the flesh off the leaves and collect this in a bowl.
2 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Sit the artichoke hearts in a gratin dish.
5 min.
Put into a bowl: the shallots, mushrooms, flesh from the artichoke leaves and 150 g Bechamel sauce.

Mix well and check the seasoning.
5 min.
Fill the artichokes generously with this mixture.
3 min.
Top with grated cheese...
30 min.
...and bake for 30 minutes, until the cheese topping has melted and browned nicely.

Remarks:

Depending on the size of your artichokes, you may well have filling left over that will not fit in the hearts. This can be frozen and used another time, or for original vol-au-vents.

Source:

Home made.

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