Baked Cauliflower Cheese
Recipe
Serves: 4 people | Prep time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 65 minutes
British | Vegetarian | Side Dish
Ingredients
- 1 Cauliflower
- 25g Butter
- 50ml Water
For the sauce
- 22g Butter
- 22g Plain Flour
- 1 heaped tsp English Mustard
- 300ml Single Cream
- 100ml Milk
- 80g Mature Cheddar Cheese, grated
- Sea Salt and White Pepper
- Ovenproof Dish
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 200°C/Gas Mark 6.
- Trim the cauliflower and make a cross in the base.
- Place base down in an ovenproof dish.
- Spread the butter on the top and pour in the water.
- Cover loosely with foil and bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
- In the meantime, make the sauce by melting the butter in a medium saucepan.
- Remove the pan from the heat, slowly blend in the flour, then return to the heat for a minute to cook, regularly stirring.
- Add the milk and cream, whisking while you cook until the sauce thickens.
- Stir in the mustard, 60g cheese and season with salt and pepper.
- Once the cauliflower has cooked, remove the tin foil and pour over the sauce.
- Sprinkle over the remaing cheese and bake for a further 20 minutes.
- Serve immediately.