2 weeks Ago By Chanelle Georgina
Food enthusiast Nagi, of Recipe Tin Eats, shared her go-to cauliflower cheese recipe . The classic British side dish is typically made with boiled cauliflower, béchamel sauce and cheese. However, Nagi encourages home cooks to roast the cauliflower , insisting it's the "better way to make cauliflower cheese ".
Nagi said roasted cauliflower leads to "better flavour" and means you're not at risk of making a "watery" mess. The roasted cauliflower is then baked in the oven with cheese for a gloriously delicious accompaniment. Prep: 10 mins Cooks in: one hour Ingredients One cauliflower head Two tbsp extra virgin olive oil Half tsp sea salt Sprinkle of black pepper Cheese sauce Four tbsp unsalted butter Three-and-a-half tbsp plain flour One cup of full-fat milk One cup of cream Half tsp cooking salt One quarter tsp nutmeg powder One cup Red Leicester cheese (or cheddar) Half a cup of gruyere cheese Topping Half cup Red Leicester cheese (or cheddar) Half a cup of gruyere cheese Parsley Preparation Preheat the oven to 220C (200C fan).
Toss the cauliflower florets in oil, salt and pepper. Spread onto a large baking tray. Roast the cauliflower for 20 minutes.
Once cooked, remove from the oven and turn down the heat to 180C. Making the cheese sauce Heat the milk and cream on the stove, then in another saucepan, melt the butter, add the flour, and stir regularly for three minutes. While stirring, add in half of the milk; once dissolved and thickened, add in the other half of the milk.
Stir for one minute. Once the milk and flour mixture is thick enough to "coat a wooden spoon", turn the stove off, add the salt, nutmeg and cheeses, then stir. Add in the roasted cauliflower.
Baking Transfer the cauliflower cheese to an ovenproof dish and top with gruyere and Red Leicester cheese. Bake in the oven for en at 180C for half an hour. Once baked, sprinkle with parsley, let it stand for five minutes, then serve and enjoy.
Any leftovers can be kept in the fridge for a maximum of four days; Nagi insisted that freezing the cauliflower cheese is "not recommended"..
