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Gratin with Parmesan flavours

For this gratin recipe, we're going to use Parmesan cheese crumbles, which will find a final, practical use.

You'll have a potato and cauliflower gratin, with delicious Parmesan flavours, but without actually using any.

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Last modified on: April 21^th 2024

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 3 litres whole milk
2 3 litres potatoes
3 3 sprigs sage
4 6 cloves garlic
5 2 litres 250 ml cauliflower
6 750 ml liquid cream
7 150 mls grated cheese
8 salt
9 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 22 min.	1 hour 10 min.	2 hours 32 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Peel 3 litres potatoes, slice (the mandolin is ideal for this), wash and drain.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Prepare 2 litres 250 ml cauliflower, then slice it into thin strips - the mandolin is very handy here too.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

In a saucepan, pour 2 tablespoons of cold water, then 3 litres whole milk (the water will prevent the bottom of the pan from blackening).

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Add the Parmesan crumbles - you can use a lot without any problem.

Stage 5 - 20 min.

Add sliced potatoes, 3 sprigs sage, 6 cloves garlic, salt and pepper.

Place over medium heat, and cook potatoes until tender.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

When they are, remove the potatoes from the pan with a skimmer or spider, leave the milk in, and drain the potatoes.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 20 min.

Pour the cauliflower into the same cooking milk and cook until tender.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Then drain and set aside.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F).

Mix together and lightly salt the potatoes and cauliflower.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Pour into a buttered gratin dish.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

Add 750 ml liquid cream.

Stage 12 - 5 min.

Sprinkle over 150 mls grated cheese (Comté cheese, for example, for a nice color).

Stage 13

Tip: The Parmesan crumbles can be cut into sticks for grilling with the gratin, and served as an aperitif.

Stage 14 - 30 min.

Bake at 200°C (390°F) for approximately 30 minutes.

Remarks

Once the gratin is in the oven, I recommend that you set aside the cooking milk, discarding the croutes, garlic and sage, for use later in another recipe, such as a béchamel sauce.

If you don't have any Parmesan croutes, add 50g of grated Parmesan to the potato and cauliflower mixture in step 9.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,573 Kcal or 23,333 Kj	292 gr	770 gr	146 gr
279 %	112 %	73 %	22 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
66 Kcal or 276 Kj	3 gr	9 gr	2 gr
3 %	1 %	1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
464 Kcal or 1,943 Kj	24 gr	64 gr	12 gr
23 %	9 %	6 %	2 %

% 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 12 people : 11.33 €
Per person : 0.94 €

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	Whole milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Gratin Comtois, Mousse with two chocolates, Jerusalem artichoke purée with leeks, Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Real home-made chips* , Warm Leek and Potato Salad, Potato purée , Turnip top soup, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, ... All
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	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hearty potato and ham gratin, Smoked eggs, Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , French toast "cordon bleu", Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), ... All