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Cauliflower Cheese (British Baked Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce)

Name: Cauliflower Cheese (British Baked Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: cauliflower florets 900 g; butter 60 g; plain flour 50 g; whole milk 500 ml; mature cheddar, grated 200 g; mustard powder 5 g; ground nutmeg 2 g; dried breadcrumbs 80 g; fine salt 10 g; black pepper 4 g

Cauliflower under a rich cheese sauce and crisp breadcrumbs.

60 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

This is a cheese sauce with a vegetable in it, and the sauce is made by stretching melted cheese with milk rather than by a roux, which is why it turns grainy if it boils. The breadcrumbs go on last and stay out of the sauce. It is a student dish and a winter dish and it is served in the same dish it was baked in.

Ingredients

cauliflower florets900 g
butter60 g
plain flour50 g
whole milk500 ml
mature cheddar, grated200 g
mustard powder5 g
ground nutmeg2 g
dried breadcrumbs80 g
fine salt10 g
black pepper4 g

Directions

1
Boil the cauliflower in salted water 8 minutes, then drain well.
2
Melt the butter, whisk in the flour 2 minutes, then add the milk gradually and cook 6 minutes.
the sauce coats the back of a spoon
3
Cover with the cheese sauce and breadcrumbs, then bake at 190C for 25 minutes until deep golden.
the top is deep golden and bubbling

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