Cauliflower gratin with healthy béchamel sauce recipe

Name: Cauliflower gratin with healthy béchamel sauce recipe
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cauliflower, separated into florets; 1 small onion, sliced; 1 leek, sliced (white part only); 600 g peeled courgette (salted to remove excess water); 200 g water; 150 g skimmed milk; 4 small low-calorie cheeses; Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain; Salt; Pepper; Nutmeg; Low-calorie cheese for the gratin topping

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Make a healthier béchamel with this recipe served with crispy cauliflower cooked in extra virgin olive oil from Spain.

Olive Oils from Spain @oliveoilsspain

Spain

Make a healthier béchamel with this recipe served with crispy cauliflower cooked in extra virgin olive oil from Spain.

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

1cauliflower, separated into florets
1small onion, sliced
1leek, sliced (white part only)
600 gpeeled courgette (salted to remove excess water)
200 gwater
150 gskimmed milk
4small low-calorie cheeses
Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain
Salt
Pepper
Nutmeg
Low-calorie cheese for the gratin topping

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Steps

30 mins

1

Separate the cauliflower into florets and boil them in the milk with half the water, a pinch of salt and two tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain.
2

Meanwhile, start preparing the courgette béchamel.
3

Put 4 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain in a saucepan and gently fry the onion and leek over low heat, making sure they don’t burn, which would affect the color of the béchamel sauce.
4

Add the peeled, chopped courgette and sauté for five minutes.
5

Next, add the water, milk, pepper and nutmeg to taste and simmer for 20 minutes.
6

Blend with a hand-held blender and add the cheeses to make a creamy béchamel sauce. Season to taste and set aside.
7

In a casserole dish, arrange the cauliflower florets. Pour the low-calorie béchamel sauce over the top with the grated low-calorie cheese. Put the dish in the oven at 180ºC, until the cheese bubbles and turns golden.
8

And there you have it, the perfect side dish to round off a great evening meal.