Cauliflower Cheese Recipes

Steps:

• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add cauliflower; cover the saucepan with a lid and steam cauliflower until tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Whisk flour into melted butter; cook, stirring constantly until raw flour taste cooks off and mixture darkens, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Gradually whisk milk into butter mixture; cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens, about 8 minutes. Remove pot from heat; stir in Cheddar cheese. Season sauce with salt and white pepper.
• Stir steamed cauliflower into cheese sauce; season with salt and white pepper.

Steps:

• Grease an 11 by 7-inch flameproof baking dish with the butter and set aside.
• Position 1 oven rack in the middle position and 1 in the top position and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the cauliflower in a small glass bowl, stalk end up. Use a paring knife to remove the lower leaves. Trim the curds off of the stem, keeping them as intact as possible. Try to keep the size uniformly large and make as few cuts as possible. Discard the leaves and stem. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and microwave on high for 4 minutes. Rest, still covered in plastic, for another 4 minutes. Uncover and rest for 4 to 5 more minutes while preparing the rest of the dish.
• Combine 4 ounces of the cheese, the bread crumbs, egg, salt, mustard, paprika, black pepper, and cayenne in a large mixing bowl. When 1 minute remains on the cauliflower rest period, microwave the cream on high for 30 seconds. Add the cream to the bowl with the cheese mixture and stir to combine.
• Using your hands and a tea towel if the cauliflower is still hot, rub the large florets between your hands to break up the curds. Add the curds to the cream mixture and stir until the cheese is thoroughly melted and combined.
• Spread the cauliflower mixture in the prepared baking dish, place on the middle rack, and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the baking dish and turn the broiler to high. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 ounce cheese atop the cauliflower. Place on the top rack and broil until the top is bubbly and appropriately brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Rest 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• 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 220C/200C/gas 7.
• Put the saucepan back on the heat and add 500ml milk, 4 tbsp flour and 50g 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.
• Turn off the heat, stir in most of the 100g grated 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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Season the water with salt.
• Spray the baking dish with vegetable oil spray.
• Cook the cauliflower in the boiling water until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Drain well and pat between several layers of paper towels to dry. Transfer the cauliflower to the baking dish and set aside.
• Bring the cream to a simmer in a small saucepan, and whisk in the cream cheese and mustard until smooth. Stir in 1 cup of the cheese, salt, pepper and garlic and whisk just until the cheese melts, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat, pour over the cauliflower, and stir to combine. Top with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese and bake until browned and bubbly hot, about 15 minutes. Serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Cook cauliflower in boiling water in large saucepan 4 min.; drain well.
• Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in large saucepan on medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir 3 min. or until crisp-tender. Stir in flour and mustard; cook and stir 1 min. Whisk in milk; cook 5 min. or until thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Add 1-1/2 cups cheddar and 3 Tbsp. Parmesan; stir until cheddar is melted. Add cauliflower; stir to evenly coat. Spoon into 2-1/2-qt.casserole sprayed with cooking spray.
• Microwave remaining butter in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec. or until melted. Stir in bread crumbs and remaining Parmesan; sprinkle over cauliflower mixture.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until heated through, topping with remaining cheddar for the last 5 min.

Steps:

• Remove the leaves from the cauliflower, rinse it well and then cut out the core. Cut the rest into four pieces.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and then add the cauliflower. Cook for 5-6 minutes, or until tender. Drain and put it into an ovenproof casserole dish.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan, over low heat.
• Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon to make a smooth paste.
• Cook the mixture gently for a minute, then take the pan off the heat.
• Stir in the milk, a little at a time.
• Return the pan to the heat and let it cook on low for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir most of the grated cheese into the saucepan to melt. Season it with pinches of the salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• When the sauce has melted, pour over the cauliflower and sprinkle the reserved cheese on top.
• Place under the broiler for a few minutes and until the top starts to bubble and brown.

Steps:

• preheat oven to 180*c/375*F.
• break cauliflower into florets and soak in warm salted water for 3-4 minutes.
• Drain, place in pan with hot water, cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer until florets are tender.
• While cauliflower is cooking, melt butter in a pan, add flour, stir over heat heat until flour starts to bubble, remove from heat. Stir in milk, return to heat and stir until mixture boils and thickens.
• Remove from heat and add cheese - let it melt into sauce.
• Drain cooked cauliflower, place on serving plate and spoon cheese sauce over it. Sprinkle with Parsley. If you want you can place cauliflower in dish, top with cheese sauce and broil for a minute until sauce browns.

Steps:

• Cut cauliflower into 8 to 12 large pieces, discarding core; place in microwaveable casserole dish. Add water; cover. Microwave on HIGH 10 min.; drain. Return cauliflower to casserole dish.
• Mix mayo and mustard. Spread over cauliflower; sprinkle with cheese.
• Microwave on HIGH 1 to 2 min. or until cheese is melted.