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Spicy roast cauliflower gratin

The cauliflower in this recipe is cooked two different ways: first oven-roasted with chilli spices, then finished with a creamy gratin topping, made with its own trimmings.

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Last modified on: March 20^th 2022

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 cauliflower
2 30 g butter
3 4 tablespoons chilli spices
4 1 shallot
5 20 g butter
6 100 g cream
7 1 tablespoon cornflour (optional)
8 50 g grated cheese
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 1,485 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
42 min.	41 min.	1 hour 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Remove the leaves from 1 cauliflower, but leave it whole.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut vertically into slices about half an inch (1 cm) thick.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Melt 30 g butter...

Stage 4 - 3 min.

...then brush over the cauliflower on both sides and sprinkle with salt.

Stage 5 - 30 min.

Sprinkle both sides of each slice with the spices, then roast for about 30 minutes.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Meanwhile, prepare and slice 1 shallot.

Take the leftover cauliflower trimmings and cut into small pieces.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

In a medium-sized saucepan, melt 20 g butter, then add the sliced shallot, salt and pepper.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the cauliflower trimmings, salt again, and cook for 1 or 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Then add 100 g cream.

Stage 9 - 7 min.

Cook until the cauliflower is soft, then blend...

Stage 10 - 2 min.

...to give a thick, creamy sauce.

If the mixture is too runny,, thicken with 1 tablespoon cornflour mixed into 3 tablespoonfuls of cold water.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

When the cauliflower slices are nicely browned, take out of the oven, but leave it on.

Stage 12 - 4 min.

Top each slice generously with the creamy cauliflower sauce.

Stage 13 - 2 min.

Scatter some grated cheese over.

Stage 14 - 8 min.

Put back in the oven to melt the cheese and brown the top.

Stage 15

Serve one slice per person, with a good spoonful of the creamy cauliflower sauce on the side.

Remarks

If possible, use a smoked cheese in stage 14, as this goes very well with cauliflower.

For the spices, you can use whatever you prefer: curry, paprika, various blends...

In stage 8, adapt the quantity of cream to suit the weight of cauliflower trimmings you have left.

Source

Home made, based on a recipe by Diego Alary.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,157 Kcal or 4,844 Kj	40 gr	58 gr	85 gr
58 %	15 %	5 %	13 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
78 Kcal or 327 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	6 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
289 Kcal or 1,210 Kj	10 gr	14 gr	21 gr
14 %	4 %	1 %	3 %

% 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 4 people : 7.41 €
Per person : 1.85 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cream sauce with Vin Jaune, Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., Hot sesame-cream chicken tartines, Nicholas's fish, Potato purée , ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin "grilled inside", Cheese tart, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Chard and potato gratin, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to prevent butter burning during cooking, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Butter cream, Hazelnut and orange cake, Chestnut moelleux, ... All
	Chilli spices: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tex-Mex chicken burger, Chicano burger, Chicken "cantina", Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Sautéed chicken with leeks, ... All

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