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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 6 people, you will need:

1 0 kg 3 g cauliflower
2 0 kg 3 g broccoli
3 0 kg 3 g egg-plant or aubergine
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 1 ½ tablespoon butter
6 0 litre liquid cream
7 ½ cup Époisses
8 ¼ cup 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 0 kg 3 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 0 kg 3 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 0 kg 3 g egg-plant or aubergine and dice.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Pour 3 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 0 litre liquid cream over.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Add ½ cup Époisses cut into strips.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Top with the grated ¼ cup 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
1,982 Kcal or 8,298 Kj	73 gr	105 gr	141 gr
99 %	28 %	10 %	21 %

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 6 people : 10.96 €
Per person : 1.83 €

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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: Ratatouille, Madras rice, Ratatouille confite, Cauliflower and purple eggplant with Greek pesto, Moussaka, ... All
	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, Creamy risotto with vegetables , The strange gratin, Cauliflower and avocado rémoulade, Roasted cauliflower, ... All
	Broccoli: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Broccoli savoury custard, Sautéed Green Vegetables in pan, Quartet of brassicas with cream , Veal Chop With Assortment of Vegetables, Light Broccoli Soup, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple and almond gratin, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , ... All

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