Cauliflower Cheese

📝 Instructions

1. 1
   Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, then add 1 large cauliflower, broken into pieces, and cook for 5 mins – lift out a piece to test, it should be cooked. Drain the cauliflower, then tip into an ovenproof dish. Heat oven to 220°C/200°C/gas 7.

   🥘 1 large cauliflower

   🔧 ovenproof dish

   ⏱️ 5 mins
2. 2
   Put the saucepan back on the heat and add milk, 4 tbsp flour and butter. Keep whisking fast as the butter melts and the mixture comes to the boil – the flour will disappear and the sauce will begin to thicken. Whisk for 2 mins while the sauce bubbles and becomes nice and thick.

   🥘 500 ml milk 🥘 4 tbsp flour 🥘 50 g butter

   🔧 saucepan

   ⏱️ 2 mins
3. 3
   Turn off the heat, stir in most of the strong cheddar cheese and pour over the cauliflower. Scatter over the remaining cheese, and 2-3 tbsp breadcrumbs if using. Put in the oven and bake for 20 mins until bubbling.

   🥘 100 g strong cheddar 🥘 3 tbsp breadcrumbs

   ⏱️ 20 mins