Baby cauliflower cheese

I normally find baby vegetables rather faddy, but when I spotted some sweet little cauliflowers, I decided to give them a try. I am the only person at home who really likes cauliflower, so buying a large one can be rather wasteful and I loathe frozen cauliflower.

Baby cauliflower cheese

Servings:	4 as a snack or first course
Calories per serving:	165
Ready in:	45 minutes
Prep. time:	5 minutes
Cook time:	40 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	JuliaBalbilla
First published:	17th January 2013

Best recipe review Dinky, sminky! 4.7/5 A bit fancy, but rather nice and they do look great. Paul R Smith

Baby cauliflowers

Ingredients

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• 4 baby cauliflowers
• Garlic, to taste, crushed
• 20g butter
• 20g plain flour
• 300ml warm milk
• 30g mature Cheddar or Mahón-Menorca cheese, grated
• 15g Parmesan cheese, finely grated
• 2 teaspoons English mustard
• A pinch of cayenne pepper
• Seasoning
• Parsley, finely chopped
• 10g Parmesan for topping

Mise en place

• Preheat the oven to 200° C (400° F - gas 6).

Method

1. Boil or steam the cauliflowers until they are almost cooked.
2. Drain, plunge into cold water for a few minutes, then drain thoroughly.
3. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat.
4. Add the garlic and allow to sauté gently until golden - do not let it brown.
5. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes.
6. Very slowly, add the milk, a little at a time, whilst continuously stirring.
7. Continue cooking slowly until smooth and thickened (about 5 minutes) - do not allow the sauce to boil.
8. Add the cheeses and stir until they have melted
9. Add the mustard and cayenne pepper, adjust seasoning and cook gently for a few more minutes.
10. Stir in the parsley and remove from the heat.
11. Pour a little of the sauce into the bottom of an oven-proof dish, arrange the cauliflowers over it, then pour the remaining sauce over them.
12. Sprinkle with the extra Parmesan and bake for 15 minutes.
13. Brown under a hot grill.

Variations

Instead of cooking in an oven dish, you can bake the cauliflowers in individual ramekin dishes.

Try using a hard Swiss cheese with the Parmesan

See also

• Cauliflower cheese
• Broccoli and cauliflower cheese
• Basic white sauce
• Cheese sauce
• Heston Blumenthal's perfect cauliflower cheese recipe
• Mornay sauce
• BBC - cauliflower_cheese recipes

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