Cauliflower with Bechamel Sauce
Couve Flor com Bechamel
Ingredients:
Ingredientes:
1 cauliflower
1 couve flor
1 lemon peel
1 casca de limão
1 garlic clove
1 dente de alho
2 tea spoons of mustard
2 colheres de chá de mostarda
2 tablespoons of flour
2 colheres de sopa de farinha
50 g of margarine (culinary kind)
50 gr de margarina para culinária
skimmed milk as desired
leite meio gordo q.b.
salt as desired
sal q.b.
pepper as desired
pimenta q.b.
Method:
Preparação:
Wash the cauliflower, remove the outside leaves adn leave for a few minutes in water with a few drops of vinager.
Rinse the cauliflower and cook until the stem is tender, but not too tender. Remove from the heat and place in a deep recipient on the side, saving for later.
Lave a couve flor, retire as folhas de fora e deixe uns minutos em água com vinagre. Escorra a couve flor e coza-a até o caule ficar tenro mas sem cozer demasiado. Retire do lume e escorra, de seguida coloque num recipiente fundo e reserve.
Prepare the bechamel sauce:
Prepare o molho Bechamel:
Place the margarine in a saucepan with the lemon peel and the garlic and let the margarine melt, once melted add the flour mixing continuously until obtaining a thin dough and begining to add the milk slowly mixing countinuously until the desired consistency is obtained (should be slightly creamy).
Coloque a margarina num tacho com uma casquinha de limão e o alho e deixe derreter a margarina, quando estiver derretida adicione a farinha mexendo sempre até obter uma massa e comece a adicionar o leite lentamente sempre a mexer até ficar com a consistência desejada (deve ficar cremoso).
Remove the sauce from the heat and season as desired adding the mustard, the salt and a little ground pepper. Place once again at a gentle heat and bring to boil once again.
Retire do lume e rectifique o tempero adicionando a mostarda, sal q.b. e um pouquinho de pimenta. Volte a levar ao lume para levantar fervura.
Pour the Bechamel sauce over the cauliflower and place in the pre-heated oven at 180ºC to gratin.
Deite o molho Bechamel por cima da couve flor e leve ao forno pré-aquecido a 180ºC a gratinar.
Tricks: Serve hotwith meat dishes or roast beef.
Tricks: Sirva quente a acompanhar pratos de carne assada ou rosbife.
