Roasted Cauliflower Cheese
Pairing roasted cauliflower with a punchy cheese sauce makes for a next level cauli cheese…
Servings: 6 People
Equipment
- Large Oven Proof Dish
Ingredients
- 1 Large Cauliflower Or 2 Small
Cheese Sauce
- 50 g Unsalted Butter
- 50 g Plain Flour
- ½ tsp Mustard Powder
- 800 ml Whole Milk
- 100 g Mature Cheddar Grated
- 100 g Parmesan Grated
- 1 tsp English Mustard
- Nutmeg To Taste
To Top
- 50 g Panko Breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp Dried Parsley Optional
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 200°c.
- Remove the leaves from the cauliflowers & cut into florets. Place onto a baking tray, drizzle with vegetable oil & season generously with Maldon salt & freshly cracked black pepper.Roast in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes or until the cauliflower is starting to soften. Once cooked transfer to an oven proof dish.
- Whilst the cauliflower is roasting, make the cheese sauce.
- First, place the butter into a large saucepan & melt over a medium heat.Once melted, stir in the flour & mustard powder then cook out for 2 minutes.Next, pour in a third of the milk & cook until thick (stirring continuously with either a spatula or a whisk).Once thickened, add in another third of milk. Keep cooking until thick again then add in the remaining milk.Transfer to a low heat & continue cooking until the sauce is smooth, thick & no longer tastes like flour, around 10-15 minutes.
- Stir in half the cheddar & parmesan (reserve the rest for when you cook the cauli cheese), the English mustard & nutmeg. Once the cheese has melted, season with salt & pepper then pour the sauce over the cauliflower.
- Sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the cauliflower followed by the reserved cheese & dried parsley (if using).Bake in the oven until bubbling & a deep golden brown, 20-25 minutes.Leave to stand for 5 minutes then serve.
Notes
To Cook In An Aga.
Roast the cauliflower florets in the baking oven on the bottom set of runners for 10-15 minutes. Bake the cauli cheese the same way but transfer to the roasting oven for the final 5 minutes of cooking. I’ve used cheddar & parmesan for this cheese sauce but feel free to have a play with different cheeses.
For a stronger flavour a gruyere would work well or for a stringier sauce, throw in some grated mozzarella. To give the cauliflower a bit of a kick, sprinkle over a pinch of cayenne pepper before roasting.
Roast the cauliflower florets in the baking oven on the bottom set of runners for 10-15 minutes. Bake the cauli cheese the same way but transfer to the roasting oven for the final 5 minutes of cooking. I’ve used cheddar & parmesan for this cheese sauce but feel free to have a play with different cheeses.
For a stronger flavour a gruyere would work well or for a stringier sauce, throw in some grated mozzarella. To give the cauliflower a bit of a kick, sprinkle over a pinch of cayenne pepper before roasting.