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Cauliflower and leek cheese

Category: Arts
Duration: 00:09:28
Publish Date: 2018-05-02 11:13:11
Description: Cauliflower cheese and leek bake For 4 - 6 people Cauliflower and cheese is such a versatile dish, you can have it as a meal on its own or you can use it as an extra vegetable. It is particularly lovely with roast beef. Start off with a larger finely chopped leek, and fried lightly in a good knob of butter Leave it to cool A small medium cauliflower cut into florets Steam for about 6 minutes Butter an oven proof dish When steamed, places in the buttered dish White sauce 600 ml milk heating in a pan Beat 50 g flour into 50 g butter in a bowl - this is called a beurre Manié As the milk is heating, stir the butter into the milk, stir in the butter / flour mix, this will thicken the sauce Add a good pinch of white pepper some salt and a teaspoon of Dijon mustard Use a balloon whisk to mix, and keep moving until thick and smooth As it boils, turn the heat down to cook the flourr Stir in 150 g Cheddar cheese Sprinkle the leeks over the cauliflower's and then add the cheese sauce over the top Mix together 50 g breadcrumbs with 50 g Lancashire cheese - any crumbly cheese Sprinkle all over the cheese topping Preheat the oven to 180ºC, 350ºF, Gas 4 Bake for 25 minutes When cooked, let the dish cool a little for 5 minutes before serving Serve in one of a million ways, as a veg, a dish, some salad, with bread… Image by Andrew Fogg
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