Cauliflower cheese
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Serves 6
Easy
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 35 mins
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Pop this classic side dish in the oven when you take your roast chicken out to rest, so there's no hot shelf juggling
Low sugar
Nut-free
Vegetarian
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Ingredients
Nutrition
Units:
MetricUS
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1 large cauliflower
(leaves cut off), broken into pieces
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500ml milk
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4 tbsp flour
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50g butter
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100g strong cheddar
grated
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2-3 tbsp breadcrumbs
if you have them
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Nutrition: per serving
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kcal299
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fat17g
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saturates10g
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carbs22.07g
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sugars7g
low
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fibre3g
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protein12g
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salt0.62g
low
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Method
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step 1
Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, then add 1 large cauliflower, broken into pieces, and cook for 5 mins – lift out a piece to test, it should be cooked.
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step 2
Drain the cauliflower, then tip into an ovenproof dish. Heat oven to 220C/200C/gas 7.
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step 3
Put the saucepan back on the heat and add 500ml milk, 4 tbsp flour and 50g butter.
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step 4
Keep whisking fast as the butter melts and the mixture comes to the boil – the flour will disappear and the sauce will begin to thicken. Whisk for 2 mins while the sauce bubbles and becomes nice and thick.
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step 5
Turn off the heat, stir in most of the 100g grated cheddar cheese and pour over the cauliflower. Scatter over the remaining cheese, and 2-3 tbsp breadcrumbs if using.
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step 6
Put in the oven and bake for 20 mins until bubbling.
Frequently asked questions
Can you freeze cauliflower cheese?
It can be frozen, however the sauce can become quite thin and loose once defrosted. So it's best not to if possible.
Can you make cauliflower cheese in advance?
You can make it up to 3-4 days in advance and store in the fridge.
What to serve with cauliflower cheese
Serve with a rump steak or roast beef or serve as a main with jacket potatoes and pickled beetroot. Fish fingers also go great with cauliflower cheese.
Try this next-level, indulgent cauliflower cheese from our sister title olivemagazine.com/cauliflower-cheese.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2010
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