Cauliflower cheese
- ⏱ 1 hour 15 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 4
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Cauliflower baked in a creamy mixed-cheese sauce with a crisp breadcrumb topping.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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Cauliflower cheese
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Warm the milk
2Make the roux
In a saucepan over medium heat, stir the flour and...
3Mise en place
Prep 150 g mature cheddar: grate
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Cauliflower cheese
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Warm the milk
In a pan or microwave, gently heat the milk with the...
2Make the roux
3Mise en place
+ 9 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 500 g cauliflower
- 30 g Doves Farm Organic Plain White Flour
- 30 g butter
- 400 g whole milk
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 dash white wine vinegar
- 150 g mature cheddar, smoked cheddar and parmesan (grated)
- 1 tsp English mustard
- 1 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
- sea salt, to taste
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
The full plan
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1. Warm the milk COOK 1
- In a pan or microwave, gently heat the milk with the bay leaf
2. Make the roux COOK 2
- In a saucepan over medium heat, stir the flour and butter into a paste with a spatula and cook for a minute to cook out the raw flour taste
3. Mise en place COOK 2
- Prep 150 g mature cheddar: grate
4. Preheat the oven COOK 2
- Preheat an oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4
5. Cut the cauliflower COOK 1
- Cut the cauliflower into florets and finely slice the stalks
6. Whisk in milk COOK 2
- Whisk the warmed milk into the roux bit by bit until you have a thick, smooth sauce, discarding the bay leaf
- Beat in the mixed grated cheeses, reserving a big handful for the topping
- Once fully melted into the sauce, add the mustard and nutmeg with a dash of vinegar to taste
- Season with salt and pepper and taste to check you're happy with the seasoning
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the milk.
7. Combine cauliflower COOK 1
- In the pan of sauce, add the cauliflower and stir to combine
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the cheese sauce.
8. Top the cauliflower COOK 1
- Pour the cauliflower and sauce into an ovenproof dish and sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and remaining cheese
9. Bake until golden COOK 1
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the cauliflower is soft when a knife is inserted and the topping is golden and crisp
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