Truffled Cauliflower Gratin
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Description
In this otherwise humble gratin, we're going to use another, much more delicious delivery system of truffles: truffle pecorino cheese. For less than $10 worth of cheese, I think you can get a nicer, truer truffle flavor. By the way, if you know they actually make this cheese with synthetic truffle oil, please keep it to yourself, and don't spoil it for me.
Ingredients
- 7 tablespoons butter, divided
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups milk
- 5 ounces truffled pecorino cheese, grated, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more to taste
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1 large head cauliflower, cored and separated into florets
- 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives, or to taste
Directions
- 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter.
- 2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk flour into butter; cook and stir until raw flour taste cooks off, 2 to 3 minutes.
- 3. Gradually whisk milk into flour mixture. Increase heat to medium-high; cook and stir until mixture thickens and comes to a simmer, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir truffled pecorino cheese, salt, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg into milk mixture until cheese sauce is thick.
- 4. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add cauliflower and cook until slightly tender, about 6 minutes. Drain and transfer cauliflower to prepared baking dish. Spread cheese sauce evenly over cauliflower. Dust with bread crumbs, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; drizzle olive oil over the top and sprinkle with a pinch of cayenne pepper.
- 5. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes. Garnish with chopped fresh chives.
Nutrition Facts
serving: 8 servings
calories: 240.6 kcal
carbohydrates: 17.2 g
protein: 12.4 g
saturated fat: 8.1 g
cholesterol: 35.1 mg
sodium: 462.8 mg
fiber: 3 g
sugar: 7 g
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