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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 2 people, you will need:

1 233 g cauliflower
2 233 g broccoli
3 233 g egg-plant or aubergine
4 1 tablespoon olive oil
5 7 g butter
6 50 g liquid cream
7 27 g Époisses
8 17 g Comté cheese
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 815 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 233 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 233 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 233 g egg-plant or aubergine and dice.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Pour 1 tablespoon 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 50 g liquid cream over.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Add 27 g Époisses cut into strips.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Top with the grated 17 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
665 Kcal or 2,784 Kj	25 gr	35 gr	47 gr
33 %	9 %	3 %	7 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
82 Kcal or 343 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	6 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
333 Kcal or 1,394 Kj	12 gr	18 gr	24 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 2 people : 3.67 €
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, Ratatouille confite, Ratatouille, Moussaka, Vegetable tian, ... All
	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Roasted vegetables with thyme and green sauce, Roasted cauliflower, Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , Creamy cauliflower and avocado salad, Creamy cauliflower with smoked salmon, ... All
	Broccoli: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm broccoli and Tuna Salad, How to prepare broccoli, Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables, Light Broccoli Soup, Potato and broccoli gratin, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hearty potato and ham gratin, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Rice and peas, Vegetable rosette tart, ... All

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