Cauliflower Cheese

This is a warming traditional English meal , buy cauliflower's when they are at their cheapest and best - Autumn time. This is very nutritious but not the ideal meal for dieters!

Preparation time: 20 minutes   Quantity: Serves 4-8 per cauliflower   Cooking time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

All in one white sauce
300 ml/1/2 pint milk
45g/ 1 &1/2 oz butter
45g/ 1 &1/2 oz p flour
(op) tip teaspoon mustard
(op) 1 clove garlic
(op) 1/2 diced onion
30g/1 oz grated cheese
touch of ground nutmeg
1 cauliflower

Method

  • Boil or steam a whole trimmed cauliflower until ‘al dente cooked
  • For the white sauce place all in a pot
  • Simmer for 15 minutes stirring
  • When soft and thickened liquidize or pass through a sieve
  • Stir in cheese
  • Season
  • Pour on top of the cauliflower in an ovenproof serving dish, sprinkle with a little more grated cheese
  • Bake in the oven until browned (15-20 minutes)