Artichoke is the kind of vegetables that can be cooked in so many ways. It can be used in salads or in a stew, it can even made into a gratin with white sauce and cheese. Since I love cheese, I decided to cook the artichoke for the lunch today the gratin way 🙂
Ingredients:
- one frozen bag of hearts of artichoke, about 500 grams
- 150 grams minced beef
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 handful of pine seeds
- salt, pepper
- 2 tablespoon corn oil
- cooking grated cheese, use the kind you like, I mix 1 cup of Emmental and one cup of Mozzarella cheese
Ingredients for the white sauce:
- 50 grams butter
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- dash of freshly grated nutmeg
Preparation:
- In a large pot boil about 1.5 liters water, add one tablespoon salt, and the artichoke then boil for about 10 minutes
- In a saucepan heat 1 tablespoon corn oil, fry the onion until golden then add the pine seeds then the meat, cook until brown, season with salt and some pepper to taste
- Prepare the white sauce: melt the butter, add the flour, then gradually pour the milk whisking constantly, until the sauce thickens, season with 1 teaspoon salt and nutmeg
- Now you can assemble the dish:
- Preheat the oven to 180 C
- In a baking dish put one tablespoon oil, place the hearts of artichoke, fill each one with meat, when all they are all filled, cover with the white sauce, then sprinkle the cheese over, bake in the oven for about 30 minutes until the top turns golden
- Enjoy it with salad
ET VOILA…C’EST TOUT.
Tabkhet el yom 
I’m wondering if this would be as good without the meat included, for vegetarians? Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Welcome dear. I think you can substitute meat with spinach, or carrots and peas, the main ingredient is the white sauce and the cheese.. 🙂 thank you .
WOW this looks just amazing!! I love artichokes and have never thought about making them into a gratin. The mixture of the emmental and mozzarella looks just perfect. I LOVE your recipes and this one is over the top. Thanks so much for sharing and for your continued creativity!!!
Thank you for your sweet words. You know I love everything with cheese.. 🙂
Looks so good! Artichoke gratin what a great idea 🙂
I am glad you like it 🙂
Gotta try this one. Baby Lady loves artichokes!
Oh great.. Bon Appetit 🙂
Yum!!! Love gratin anything. Saw that cheesy photo and had to investigate.
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