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Asparagus Gratiné

Asparagus Gratiné
  • For : 4 servings
  • Time : 1 hour
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for Asparagus Gratiné :

  • 1.2 kg asparagus
  • nutmeg
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 50 g grated Swiss Cheese
  • For the béchamel:
  • 50 g. butter
  • 50 g. flour
  • 25 cl milk

Technical stages for Asparagus Gratiné :

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1

Prepare all ingredients.

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2

Peel carefully the asparagus.

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3

Cut the base by several centimeters.

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4

Drop the asparagus in salted boiling water and cook for about 20 minutes.

Drain and reserve.

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5

Béchamel: Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour and mix thoroughly.

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6

Cool this roux blanc and pour 40 cl of the asparagus water along with 25 cl milk.

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7

Boil and cook 4 to 5 minutes stirring constantly. Add salt, pepper and a touch of nutmeg.

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8

Turn on the grill of the oven. Place the asparagus in a buttered gratiné pan...

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9

...then coat with the sauce.

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10

Sprinkle with grated Swiss cheese. Bake under the grill of the oven and leave to gratiné.

Serve immediately.

Thank you for following this recipe !

The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Peeler 7 cmPeeler 7 cm 5.80 Euro
Cutting board (40 x 25 cm)Cutting board (40 x 25 cm) 22.40 Euro
Meat and fish slicer knife G29Meat and fish slicer knife G29 100.70 Euro