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Harvest Gratin

Name: Harvest Gratin
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 700 g cauliflower; 500 g purple globe artichokes; 20 g butter; 300 g bechamel sauce; 250 g mozzarella; Salt; Pepper

Purple artichokes, cauliflower and mozzarella combined with bechamel sauce in a gratin to cheer up the end of summer.

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Duration

1 hour 15 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 30^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 700 g cauliflower
2 500 g purple globe artichokes
3 20 g butter
4 300 g bechamel sauce
5 250 g mozzarella
6 Salt
7 Pepper
Total weight: 1,770 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Cooking

45 min.

All in all

1 hour 15 min.

Preparation 30 min.

Cooking 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Prepare 700 g cauliflower.

Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cook in plenty of boiling salted water just until barely tender.

Set aside.

Step 3 - ⌛ 10 min.

Prepare 500 g purple globe artichokes.

Step 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Boil in salted water and, like the cauliflower, only until barely done.

Step 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter a gratin dish.

Step 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Arrange a layer of cauliflower in the bottom, then a layer of artichoke.

Salt and pepper lightly.

Step 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour half the bechamel sauce over.

Step 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

Then add the rest of the cauliflower and pour the remaining bechamel over.

Step 9 - ⌛ 3 min.

Top with 250 g mozzarella in thin slices.

Lightly salt and pepper once more.

Step 10 - ⌛ 35 min.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes...

Step 11

...until the top is nicely browned.

Remarks

If you don't have any purple artichokes, use a normal artichoke sliced into rounds.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	5 g RDI=8 %	5 g RDI=2 %	7 g RDI=9 %	103 kcal RDI=5 %	431 kJ RDI=5 %
Per person	23 g RDI=36 %	24 g RDI=9 %	30 g RDI=41 %	455 kcal RDI=23 %	1,906 kJ RDI=23 %
Whole recipe	93 g RDI=143 %	94 g RDI=36 %	120 g RDI=165 %	1,821 kcal RDI=91 %	7,625 kJ RDI=91 %