Cauliflower cheese
Cauliflower cheese, from above
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Cauliflower cheese

Tender cauliflower baked in a mustardy cheese sauce with a golden top. Roast dinner's best friend.

45 minTime
13 gProtein each
mildSpice
Sunday side1 chapter · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayCheddar sauce, mustard, golden crust.
The original
272kcalsame
13 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
45minutessame

Cauliflower cheese.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Cauliflower1 large head, in florets
Butter3 tbsp
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)⅓ cup
Milk2 cups
Cheddar cheese1½ cups, grated
Prepared mustard2 tsp
Whole spicesa pinch of nutmeg
Saltto taste
Breadcrumbs3 tbsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Boil cauliflower 5 minutes; drain well.
  2. 2Make a roux with butter and flour, whisk in milk and simmer until thick. Stir in most of the cheese, mustard, nutmeg and salt.
  3. 3Pour sauce over cauliflower in a dish, top with remaining cheese and crumbs.
  4. 4Bake at 200 C for 20 to 25 minutes.
Serve it like this

Serve straight from the dish next to a roast, or with crusty bread for a light supper.

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Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice English muffins150 min
With a main Roast beef and Yorkshire puddings150 min
With a main Jacket potato80 min
On the side Roast potatoes70 min
To drink Elderflower pressé3 min
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