Cauliflower Gratin
original post:
http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/04/cauliflower-gratin.html
Ingredients
1-2 heads of Cauliflower
1 tablespoon Allspice
1 cup Cheddar cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese
¼ cup Parmesan cheese
Pot of salted boiling water
Mushroom sauce
4 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon Flour
2 cup milk
2 Shallots chopped
2 cups Mushrooms sliced
1 garlic clove shredded
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Sugar
½ teaspoon Ground Allspice
¼ teaspoon Black pepper
Instructions
For the sauce
- Melt butter and sauté the chopped shallots and mushrooms over height heat until tender
- Add the flour; stir the mixture for a few second without burning until all the flour is cooked out
- To that mixture add the milk, garlic, salt, sugar and ground allspice. Allow the mixture to thicken into a creamy sauce.
For the casserole
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil
- Shred the cheddar mozzarella and parmesan and mix together
- Wash dry and slice the cauliflower into thick slices
- Cook the cauliflower in the salted water just until it begins to get soft, don’t allow it to over-cook and get mushy.
- Strain the cauliflower lay them out on a sheet pan and sprinkle evenly on both sides with allspice and black pepper
- In a baking dish spoon some sauce at the bottom layer with cauliflower and spread a layer of cheeses add another layer of sauce followed by cauliflower and cheese
- Repeat the process ending until the dish is filled and end with cheese
- Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes when the top is golden brown
- Allow to cool for 30 minutes after cooking so the layers of cheese cauliflower and sauce can set before slicing and serving
Greedy tips:
- If the cauliflower breaks apart when slicing it does not matter
- You can also substitute the dairy for vegan cheeses, butter and soy milk
- How much cauliflower you use depends on the size of your casserole dish and the size of the cauliflowers available to you. Mine was fairly large so I only needed one
- At room temperature it is very easy to slice and keeps its shape. When its fresh out the oven it will be nearly impossible to keep together.