Cauliflower cheese

🥘 Ingredients

• cauliflower 1 large
• milk 500 ml
• flour 4 tbsp
• butter 50 g
• strong cheddar 100 g
• breadcrumbs 3 tbsp

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.
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.
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.