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Sunday

The British Sunday roast with cauliflower cheese, the French Sunday cheese course, and Naples's Sunday ragù and lasagne.

Sunday is the long family meal of the week in much of Europe and the Americas, and cheese has a place in it. In Britain it comes as cauliflower cheese beside the roast; in France as the cheese course before dessert; in southern Italy in the layers of a Sunday lasagne. Sunday is also the day of brunch in many cities.

The roast and cauliflower cheese

The British Sunday roast of beef, lamb, pork or chicken comes with roast potatoes, vegetables and gravy, and cauliflower cheese is one of the most loved sides: cauliflower baked in a sauce of mature Cheddar until browned. After the meal, some families bring out a cheeseboard with crackers and chutney.

Le plateau de fromages

A French Sunday lunch keeps the order of courses, and cheese comes after the main dish and before dessert, on a board of three or more cheeses chosen for contrast: a soft cheese, a hard one, a goat's cheese, perhaps a blue. It is eaten with bread rather than crackers.

Sunday ragù in Naples

In Naples the Sunday ragù simmers for hours, and on special Sundays it goes into a lasagne with ricotta and mozzarella, or dresses pasta under grated Parmigiano.

Traditions

  • Sunday roast: Britain's Sunday dinner, with cauliflower cheese on the side.
  • Plateau de fromages: The French cheese course of the Sunday lunch.
  • Neapolitan ragù: The slow Sunday sauce of Naples.

The cheeses

ComtéA hard cheese for the Sunday board in France.CamembertA soft cheese for the French board.RicottaIn the layers of a Neapolitan Sunday lasagne.

Also part of it, and being written: Cheddar cheese (Mature Cheddar for the cauliflower cheese sauce.).

Sources and further reading

About this page

Written by the EveryCheese desk with AI assistance. Customs differ by community and family, and are described here as tradition, not instruction. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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