Name: Cheat's cauli-macaroni cheese
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300g rigatoni or penne; 1 small cauliflower sliced into florets; 200ml carton crème fraîche; 2 tsp wholegrain mustard; 175g red leicester cheese, grated; 2 tomatoes cut into rough wedges

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Cheat's cauli-macaroni cheese

Cheat's cauli-macaroni cheese

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Nutrition

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300g rigatoni or penne
1 small cauliflower

sliced into florets
200ml carton crème fraîche
2 tsp wholegrain mustard
175g red leicester

cheese, grated
2 tomatoes

cut into rough wedges

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal636
fat33g
saturates18g
carbs64g
sugars0g
fibre5g
protein25g
salt0.98g

low

Method

step 1

Cook the pasta: Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Toss in the pasta and bring back to the boil, then cook for a couple of minutes. Tip in the cauliflower and cook for a further 8-10 minutes until both are tender.
step 2

Make the sauce: Drain the pasta and cauliflower well. Put the crème fraîche, mustard and most of the cheese (keeping back a good handful) into the pasta pan. Stir and warm through over a low heat just until the cheese starts to melt.
step 3

Finish the dish: Preheat the grill to hot. Tip the pasta and cauliflower into the cheese sauce and gently stir together. Season to taste. Transfer to a flameproof dish, scatter the tomatoes over the top, then the rest of the cheese and a sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper. Grill for about 5 minutes until brown and bubbling.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2002

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