Spicy roast cauliflower gratin

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

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

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
45 min.	45 min.	1 hour 25 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
  Remove the leaves from 1 cauliflower, but leave it whole.
• 2: Cut vertically into slices about half an inch (1 cm) thick.
• 3: Melt 30 g butter...
• 4: ...then brush over the cauliflower on both sides and sprinkle with salt.
• 5: Sprinkle both sides of each slice with the spices, then roast for about 30 minutes.
• 6: Meanwhile, prepare and slice 1 shallot.
  Take the leftover cauliflower trimmings and cut into small pieces.
• 7: In a medium-sized saucepan, melt 20 g butter, then add the sliced shallot, salt and pepper.
  Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
• 8: Add the cauliflower trimmings, salt again, and cook for 1 or 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Then add 100 g cream.
• 9: Cook until the cauliflower is soft, then blend...
• 10: ...to give a thick, creamy sauce.
  If the mixture is too runny,, thicken with 1 tablespoon cornflour mixed into 3 tablespoonfuls of cold water.
• 11: When the cauliflower slices are nicely browned, take out of the oven, but leave it on.
• 12: Top each slice generously with the creamy cauliflower sauce.
• 13: Scatter some grated cheese over.
• 14: Put back in the oven to melt the cheese and brown the top.
• 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.

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