Cauliflower with béchamel sauce au gratin
Dish: Side
Quantity: 4
Today we teach you how to prepare a delicious cauliflower with bechamel sauce au gratin, a recipe that has no difficulty and is prepared in a few minutes, it is also one of the many ways we have to prepare the cauliflower and thus get them to eat those who do not like it so much.
Its preparation is very simple, we will prepare a rich bechamel sauce with cheese that will bathe our cauliflower to give it creaminess, additionally we will cover it with Parmesan cheese that when gratinating in the oven, will give us that crunchy texture that we like so much. We invite you to follow our step-by-step videos, where we will show you the whole process in detail of how to make cauliflower with béchamel sauce au gratin.
Ingredients
- 1 cauliflower cut into florets
- 60 g. / 2.11 oz. butter
- 60 g. / 2.11 oz. all-purpose flour
- 500 ml. / 17 oz. of hot milk (not boiling)
- 50 g. / 1.7 oz. grated mozzarella cheese
- 100 g. / 3.5 oz. Parmesan cheese
- Nutmeg to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste
How To Make It
Step 1: We begin the preparation of our cauliflower au gratin, for this, in a pot with boiling water and a little salt, add the cauliflower and cook it for 8 to 10 minutes (the idea is to cook the cauliflower without overcooking it, it will finish cooking in the oven) then remove it from the water, let it drain very well and set aside.
Step 2: On the other hand we are going to prepare our béchamel sauce, for it, in a frying pan at medium temperature, we are going to place the butter until it melts, then we add the flour and with the help of a few rods, we stir without stopping until we form a roux (a kind of paste) then we add the hot milk and continue stirring until we obtain a thick texture, add the nutmeg, salt, pepper and mix, finally we add the grated mozzarella cheese, we let it melt completely and we remove from the fire.
Step 3: In a baking dish, add the cauliflower, then add the béchamel sauce on top, the Parmesan cheese and take our cauliflower to the oven to grill for 10 minutes or until it turns golden brown. Remove from the oven and our delicious cauliflower with béchamel sauce au gratin is ready.
Tips To Prepare It
You can use the cheese of your preference, as long as it melts well.
When cooking the cauliflower, do it for the indicated time, since we do not want it to overcook, as it will finish cooking in the oven.
What can we accompany this recipe with?
This cauliflower with bechamel sauce au gratin is perfect to accompany our meals, we recommend you to include this type of vegetables in your daily diet as they provide many benefits to our body.
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