Cauliflower, broccoli & mature cheddar gratin

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• wolfie

  20 July 2010

  wolfie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely flavours but not enough sauce - certainly nothing like in the photo! Would make again but with a lot more creme fraiche.

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• Tracinda

  23 July 2010

  Tracinda rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this with double the amount of creme fraiche. Also felt that the sauce needed something more, so added a teaspoon of wholegrain mustard and sprinkle of parmesan to the sauce as well as the cheddar and chives. Also added some parmesan to the top and some fresh white breadcrumbs. Was a lovely combination of flavours, but the sauce was a bit runny. I would like to try with a conventional cheese sauce but it would be a shame to take away the lightness of the dish. Perhaps I will try baking it in the oven rather than grilling next time. Despite all that, it's a lovely dish and a good way to get non-veg lovers to eat their veg, as apparently it all tastes better covered in cheese!

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• ravgirl4x4

  30 September 2010

  ravgirl4x4 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Have used a better recipe than this - the creme fraiche didn't work for sure....and the photo of the finished dish? Well, that almost put me off to start with.....as my Hubby said, the photo looks like he made it!! :)

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• Jayne Moore

  05 October 2010

  Jayne Moore rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Well I live in America so I already had my challenges in finding creme fraiche, forget half fat, and we don't have a grill, but i mixed half and half creme f and sour creme and it worked just fine, i added milk to make the mixture more saucey but it wasn't necessary, all got a bit soggy but there was still none left! Easy version of the real thing

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• toots

  04 March 2011

  toots rated and commented on this recipe

  

  We made this last night for tea and it was not good!!! The cooking time was not long enough, the broccoli and cauliflower was still raw when cooking time completed, suggest completely cook the veg first before mixing in with sauce. The end dinner was nothing like the picture it was very dry, could have done with more sauce too. the sauce was light but wasn�t anything special, would make it again but with different veggies (leeks, carrots, pepper and cauliflower) and put more flavours into the sauce, perhaps heating the sauce up a bit to melt the cheese first, adding mustard, garlic, chilli into it and possibly using half pouring cream and half crème fraiche. We were not impressed by this recipe on its own!!!

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• cpx

  28 September 2011

  cpx rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Totally underwhelming!

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• foodgalore

  29 September 2011

  foodgalore rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So much easier than the traditional way. As well as the cheddar I sprinkled some feta cheese that was needing to be used up on top and used full cream creme fraiche as it was all I had in at the time and it was delicious. I popped it in the oven to reheat while we were having our soup then under the grill to finish off. This is a definitely an adaptable recipe that I would use again. The chives add a lovely flavour.

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• debs

  03 November 2011

  debs commented on this recipe

  had this with steak and it was very tasty would do this dish again

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• wendi

  30 November 2011

  wendi commented on this recipe

  Really really tasty! So easy and quick as well. Lovely little side dish.

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• Mandy

  19 January 2012

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• Chloe

  02 March 2012

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• Britt

  16 April 2012

  Britt rated and commented on this recipe

  

  this was delicious and far less time consuming and labour intensive than regular cauliflower/broccoli cheese sauce bakes. I only had full fat creme fraiche though, definitely creamy and tasty! I also didn't have any fresh chives, I just threw in some mixed herbs. Will have to try chives the next time!

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• Agne

  21 May 2012

  Agne rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used less cauliflower/broccoli and a lot of extra cheese. In the end it still did not look like the indulgent cheesy meal in the picture. I would advise keeping extra creme fraiche and cheese to hand in case you have a similar experience. Also - creme fraiche curdled. What did I do wrong?

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Ingredients

• 250g broccoli , cut into florets
• 250g cauliflower , cut into florets
• 100g half-fat crème fraîche
• 50g mature cheddar , grated, plus extra to grill
• a small bunch chives , chopped

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Ready in 30 minutes

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Ingredients

• 250g broccoli , cut into florets
• 250g cauliflower , cut into florets
• 100g half-fat crème fraîche
• 50g mature cheddar , grated, plus extra to grill
• a small bunch chives , chopped

331 kcalories, protein 21.6g, carbohydrate 8.3g, fat 23.7 g, saturated fat 13.4g, fibre 5.5g, salt 0.83 g

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