Broccoli and Cheddar Gratin

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2007

Poorly made broccoli gratin is a gruesome merger of floury sauce and mealy broccoli sitting under a damp carpet of bread crumbs. Here is our take on how to do it right.

SERVES 6

Broccoli and Cheddar Gratin

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In developing a broccoli gratin recipe, our goal was to marry tender yet toothsome broccoli florets with a lightly thickened sauce, then to top it all off with buttery, crisp crumbs. We parcooked the florets before adding them to the gratin...

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