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Cauliflower with ham sauce

Cauliflower boiled just tender, covered with lightly browned cubes of fatty smoked ham and a thick white sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and gratinated in a hot oven. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 30.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 30 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Erken serves the dish in the same ovenproof dish; the book mentions a Jena glass dish. The text breaks off mid-sentence about garnish.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Boil the cauliflower

    Let the cauliflower sit in water with a little vinegar for half an hour. Boil it just tender in lightly salted water and turn it after a few minutes. For the first 5 minutes it should boil without a lid, then with the lid on. Place it on a serving dish that can take oven heat.

  2. 2

    Brown the ham

    Cut the ham into small cubes and brown lightly in the fat. Pour it over the cauliflower.

  3. 3

    Make the sauce

    Let the butter just change colour, without browning. Add the flour and then the milk little by little. Let the sauce boil for 3-4 minutes, season with salt and pepper and pour over the cauliflower. The sauce should be so thick that it does not run off.

  4. 4

    Gratinate

    Sprinkle the grated cheese over and put the dish in a good hot oven (about 225 C) until lightly gratinated. Serve in the same dish.

Changes from the original

Tablespoons written as tbsp. The milk amount '5-6 dd.' is kept as dessert spoons and given in the note. Oven interpreted as about 225 C. The end of the original text ('Garnish with') is cut off and omitted.

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From1949Modernised
To1949Modernised
1949 (proofread, p. 30) → Modernised~73% of the text changedremovedadded
1 à 2 stk blomkålhoder (1–2). eddik (litt, til bløtlegging). 100 gr. g fett (til å brune skinken). 100 gr. g fet, røkt skinke skinke. 2 spiseskjeer smør ss smør. 3 spiseskjeer hvetemel 5—6 dd. ss hvetemel. dessertskje melk salt pepper (5–6). salt. pepper. 3 spiseskjeer reven, ss revet, skarp ost. Kålen legges La blomkålen ligge i vann med litt eddik ½ i en halv time. Koker derefter såvidt Kok den så vidt mør i lett saltet vann. Snu kålen når vann og snu den har kokt etter noen minutter. De første 5 minutter bør kålen minuttene skal den koke uten, uten lokk, siden med lokk. Legges Legg den på et serveringsfat som tåler ovns varmen — her lagt i Jena glassfat. — Skinken skjæres ovnsvarme.. Skjær skinken i små terninger og brunes brun den lett i eget fett. Helles fettet. Hell den over kålen. Til sausen skal kålen.. La smøret såvidt bare skifte farve — ikke brunes — tilsettes farge, uten å brunes. Tilsett melet og litt efter deretter melken litt melken; koker 3—4 etter litt. La sausen koke i 3–4 minutter, helles smak til med salt og pepper og hell den over kålen; sausen kålen. Sausen skal være så tykk at den ikke renner av. Den av.. Strø den revne ost strøes over. Retten settes osten over og sett retten i god, varm ovn for å gratineres litt. Ser veres (ca. 225 °C) til den er lett gratinert. Server i samme fat. Pyntes med

Note on Modernised

Spiseskjeer er skrevet som ss. Melkemengden «5–6 dd.» er beholdt som dessertskje og står i parentes. Ovn tolket som ca. 225 °C. Slutten på originalteksten («Pyntes med») er avbrutt og utelatt.

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Frequently asked questions

Why is the cauliflower turned during boiling?
Erken says to turn it after a few minutes, and that it first boils without a lid for 5 minutes.
Can the dish be served in the dish it is gratinated in?
Yes, Erken serves it in the same ovenproof dish.

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