====== Cauliflower, leek and blue cheese gratin ======

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https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/cauliflower-leek-and-blue-cheese-gratin/

Serves 4
Hands-on time 25 min, oven time 30 min

Ingredients
  * 2 large leeks, trimmed and sliced
  * Leaves from a few thyme sprigs
  * 1 large cauliflower, sliced into florets
  * Good grating nutmeg
  * 40ml olive oil, plus extra for greasing
  * 40g plain flour
  * 400ml milk
  * 50g strong vegetarian British blue cheese (such as Stilton)
  * 25g fresh breadcrumbs
  * 10g flaked almonds


Method
  - Lightly grease a 1 litre ovenproof dish with olive oil. Heat a little more oil in a pan and fry the leeks for 15 minutes with the thyme leaves.
  - Meanwhile, bring a pan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the cauliflower to the pan and boil for 2 minutes. Drain the cauliflower and toss with the leeks, add a good grating of nutmeg, season, then tip into the dish.
  - Heat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Heat 40ml olive oil in the pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Gradually stir in the milk, then crumble in the cheese. Stir until melted. Taste, season, then pour over the veg.
  - Toss the fresh breadcrumbs in olive oil, then sprinkle over the gratin along with the flaked almonds. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden.

Option:
  - some mushrooms and pepper to go with the leeks, paprika instead of nutmeg and replaced the milk with double cream, a tbs of wholgrain mustard and splash of sherry for a decadent feast