Cauliflower Cheese

Name: Cauliflower Cheese
Ingredients: 2 cauliflowers, broken into florets; a few slices of bacon, chopped; a bunch of spring onions, chopped; 50g butter; 3 tbsp (heaping) flour; 750ml cold milk; 100–150g cheddar, grated; 2 tsp mustard; salt, pepper, dried garlic, oregano, nutmeg

Turns cauliflower from something inedible into something truly amazing. Instant Pot for the florets, a proper roux for the sauce, then baked until the top goes brown.

instant pot

18 December 2019

Go time

Cook the cauliflower in the Instant Pot — sealed, high pressure, 0 min, quick release.
Start frying the bacon pieces in a little olive oil.
Add the spring onions, cook 1 min.
Add the butter, black pepper, dried garlic and oregano.
When the butter is fully melted and bubbling, add the flour.
Cook the flour for 3 min, until it starts to smell like pie crust — stir from time to time.
Start adding the milk in batches, slowly, mixing constantly.
When all the milk is incorporated, bring to temperature and season with salt and nutmeg to taste.
Mix in 3/4 of the cheddar plus the mustard.
Add the cauliflower florets and mix well.
Move everything to a baking dish and sprinkle the remaining cheddar on top.
Bake at 180°C for 50 min – 1 hr, then rest for 10 min.

Turns cauliflower from something inedible into something truly amazing.