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Cauliflower Gratin

Cauliflower gratin: boiled cauliflower divided into florets in small gratin dishes, covered with a sauce of 25 g butter, 25 g flour and 1.5 dl meat stock thickened with 2 egg yolks and 1 tbsp cream, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and gratinated 5 minutes in a hot oven (10 minutes for a whole head in a dish).

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 392 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A quick gratin of boiled cauliflower with an egg-thickened stock sauce. Erken suggests both serving in small shells (scallop dishes) and the whole head in an ovenproof dish.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Boil the cauliflower

    Clean and soak the cauliflower as in the basic recipe, and boil it until tender but not falling apart.

  2. 2

    Divide it up

    Divide the cauliflower into small florets and place them in small gratin dishes (shells), or lay the whole head in an ovenproof dish.

  3. 3

    Make the sauce

    Melt the butter, stir in the flour and thin with the meat stock. Bring to a boil, take the pot off the heat and thicken the sauce with the egg yolks and cream. Season with salt.

  4. 4

    Gratinate

    Pour the sauce over the cauliflower, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and put the dishes in a hot oven (about 225 °C (435 °F)) for 5 minutes – 10 minutes if the head is lying whole in a dish.

Changes from the original

Measurements have been converted to modern units (dl, tbsp). "Skjæl" is explained as small gratin dishes, and the oven temperature is estimated at 225 °C (435 °F). Breadcrumbs are kept as the topping.

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To19141949Modernised
1914 (proofread, p. 392) → Modernised~86% of the text changedremovedadded
1 blomkaalhode stk blomkålhode (kokt mørt, men helt). 25 gr. smør g smør. 25 gr. hvetemel 1 1/2 del. kjøtkraft g hvetemel. 1,5 dl kjøttkraft. 2 eggeblommer salt stk eggeplommer (til jevning). 1 spiseske ss fløte. Blomkaalen behandles salt (etter smak). kavring (til å strø over). Rens og bløt ut blomkålen som ovenfor forklaret, koker i grunnoppskriften, og kok den til den er mør, men maa ikke gaa itu. Deles op går i stykker.. Del kålen i små buketter og ordnes legg dem i smaa buketter, som lægges små gratengformer (skjell), eller legg hele hodet i skjæl. Smørret smeltes, irøres melet, spædes med kraften, gives et opkok, jevnes ildfast fat.. Smelt smøret, rør inn melet og spe med eggeblommerne kjøttkraften. Kok opp, ta kjelen av platen og fløten, saltes. Denne saus lægges over blomkaalbuketterne, bestrøes jevn sausen med kavring, sættes eggeplommer og fløte. Smak til med salt.. Hell sausen over blomkålen, strø over kavring og sett formene i en varm stekeovn (ca. 225 °C) i 5 minutter. Blomkaalhodet kan lægges minutter – 10 minutter hvis hodet ligger helt i ildfast fat, og sausen lægges over. Steker da i 10 minutter. fat.

Note on Modernised

Mål er omregnet til moderne enheter (dl, ss). «Skjæl» er forklart som små gratengformer, og ovnstemperatur er anslått til 225 °C. Kavring er beholdt som topping.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the gratin stay in the oven?
If the cauliflower is divided into small florets in shells, 5 minutes in a hot oven is enough. If you place the whole cauliflower head in an ovenproof dish, it bakes for 10 minutes.
What is the sauce made of?
A roux-based sauce of 25 g butter and 25 g wheat flour, thinned with 1 1/2 dl meat stock, brought to a boil and thickened with 2 egg yolks and 1 tablespoon cream, plus salt.
How should the cauliflower be pre-boiled?
The cauliflower is boiled until tender, but must not fall apart. It is then divided up and arranged into small florets.
What is sprinkled on before baking?
Breadcrumbs (rusk – crushed dry crusts) are sprinkled over the sauce before the dish goes into the oven. The recipe is from Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), p. 392.

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