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|keywords=#cardoons #butter #cheesycardoons #parmesancheese #emmenthalcheese #simmer #celery #mandoline #lemon #flour #boiling
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|description=You probably need to be growing cardoons, or living in Italy to make this, however, if you are
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You probably need to be growing [[cardoons]], or living in Italy to make this, however, if you are...

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|TotalCalories = 2248
|PortionCalories = 562
|DatePublished=31st January 2013
|Author=Chef
|ImageComment = thumb|right|The cardoon from our garden; May
|Servings = Serves 4
|Difficulty = 2
|TotalTime = 1 hour, 40 minutes
|PrepTime = 25 minutes
|CookTime = 1 hour, 15 minutes
|Image = [[Image:Cardoon.jpg|middle|none|alt=Electus]]
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====Best recipe review====

''Overrated''

4.2/5

I prefer celery hearts in cheese sauce to this.

[[User:Klapaucius|Klapaucius]] 
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{{RecipeIngredients
| 1 kg (2 ¼ lb) [[cardoons]]
| Juice of 1 [[lemon]]
| 1 tablespoon [[plain flour]]
| 1 tablespoon [[olive oil]]
| 25 g (1 oz) [[butter]], plus extra for greasing
| 50 g (2 oz) freshly grated [[Parmesan cheese]]
| 65 g (2½ oz) roughly grated [[Emmenthal cheese]]
| 65 g (2½ oz) roughly grated [[Gruyère cheese]]
| 100ml (3½ fl oz) [[milk]]
| 200ml (7 fl oz) [[double cream]]
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===Method===

{{RecipeMethod
| Set a large pan of water [[boiling]]
| Add the [[lemon juice]] and a pinch of [[salt]]
| Top and tail all of the stalks
| With a [[mandoline]], remove all of the strings from the edge
| Cut into 5 cm (2") lengths (as if were [[celery]])
| Drop the pieces into the water before they discolour
| Lower the heat and [[simmer]] for 45 minutes
| Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F - Gas 4 - Moderate/Medium)
| Butter an ovenproof tray
| Drain the [[cardoons]] and dry on a tea towel
| Arrange the cardoons in the oven tray
| Sprinkle the [[Emmenthal cheese]], the [[Gruyère cheese]] and half of the [[Parmesan]] evenly over the [[cardoons]]
| Make a [[basic white sauce]] with [[butter]], [[milk]], [[flour]] and [[cream]]
| Pour the white sauce over the [[cheese]] and [[cardoons]] and sprinkle with the remaining [[Parmesan cheese]]
| Bake for 30 minutes
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===Serving suggestions===

Serve hot
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