{"id":29,"date":"2022-06-04T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2022-06-04T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T15:30:08","slug":"broccoli-gratin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"Broccoli Gratin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 cups B\u00e9chamel sauce<\/li><li>24 oz. Broccoli florettes (about 4 heads trimmed)<\/li><li>8 oz Cheddar Cheese, cubed<\/li><li>1\/3 cup plain bread crumbs<\/li><li>1\/2 cup grated Parmesan<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B\u00e9chamel sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bd cup butter<\/li><li>\u00bd cup flour<\/li><li>1 quart milk<\/li><li>4 sprigs fresh thyme, chopped<\/li><li>\u215b teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg<\/li><li>salt<\/li><li>1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more to taste<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Step 1 &#8211; Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour and cook for about 5 minutes.<\/li><li>Step 2 &#8211; Stir in 1 cup cold milk, about 1 minute. Stir in second cup of milk for an additional minute.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Step 3 &#8211; Stir in remaining 2 cups of milk, cayenne pepper, salt, thyme, and nutmeg; bring to a simmer over low heat until sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes.<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 add cheddar cheese to hot B\u00e9chamel sauce, turn off heat, and mix until well-combined<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 add broccoli to salted, boiling water for 2 \u00bd minutes (not to cook, just to start the cooking process and make dark green); remove and drain well<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 combine cheese sauce and broccoli, toss gently<\/li><li>Step 7 \u2013 add to baking dish (ideally, broccoli comes up just to the top \u2013 too high will leak out, too low will overcook and dry)<\/li><li>Step 8 \u2013 top with fine dusting of plain bread crumbs, and then sprinkle with grated parmesan<\/li><li>Step 9 &#8211; pop into preheated 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cook&#8217;s Notes:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>White pepper is more traditional than cayenne for B\u00e9chamel sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 2 cups B\u00e9chamel sauce 24 oz. Broccoli florettes (about 4 heads trimmed) 8 oz Cheddar Cheese, cubed 1\/3 cup plain bread crumbs 1\/2 cup grated Parmesan B\u00e9chamel sauce \u00bd cup butter \u00bd cup flour 1 quart milk 4 sprigs fresh thyme, chopped \u215b teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg salt 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egosyntonic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}