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Vegetable and egg au gratin



Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Small onions
450gms
11kg
Peas
450gms
11kg
Potatoes
450gms
11kg
Milk
15ml
200ml
Butter
10gms
250gms
Eggs
4
100
Béchamel sauce
295ml
7.4litre
Breadcrumbs
15gms
340gms
Cheese
15gms
340gms

Béchamel sauce:



Onions
10gms
250gms
Carrots
15gms
340gms
Mushrooms
10gms
250gms
Bouquet garni
10gms
100gms
Butter
30gms
680gms
Milk
845ml
18.6litre
Refined flour
15gms
340gms
Salt
to taste
80 – 100gms
Pepper
a pinch
15gms
Nutmeg
a small pinch
10gms


Prepare a white sauce with half the butter, flour and three-fourths of the milk. Stew vegetables in remaining butter. Add remaining milk and bouquet grani. Simmer till vegetables are well cooked. Strain essence into the Bechamel sauce, then season and cook 5 minutes longer. Cook small onion in a casserole in the oven. Boil peas. Boil and mash potatoes. Hard-boil the eggs. Line a buttered pie dish with the mashed potatoes. Put in the cooked onion and peas. Put the hard-boiled eggs on top, pour in the sauce. Sprinkle with fine breadcrumbs, then with grated cheese. Brown lightly under the grill.