Cauliflower Cheese Recipe

Cauliflower Cheese Recipe

Classic recipe for a staple Irish vegetable that’s in our farm box weekly.

Ingredients
Organic Cauliflower

  • Béchamel sauce
  • 400ml Milk
  • 40g Flour
  • 40g Salted Butter
  • 2tsp English Mustard

Method

Béchamel

  1. Melt butter in a pan on a gentle heat
  2. Stir in your flour
  3. Remove from heat and gradually add milk and keep stirring
  4. Bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes
  5. Remove from heat & add mustard & 2/3 of your cheese (Irish cheddar recommended but you can use whatever is in your fridge)

Cauliflower Prep

  1. Cut your florets into nice even pieces
  2. Boil florets for 3 mins to soften slightly

Roasting

  1.  Spread your cauli across a deep dish tray
  2. Pour over your cheesy béchamel sauce
  3. Top with your remaining Irish cheddar (Top with Coolea cheese from Cork to keep it local and add more depth of flavour)
  4. Roast for 25 mins in a pre-heated over at 220*
  5. Eat as a side with a lovely roast chicken on a Spring Sunday.