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Cauliflower cheese


Serves: 4 as a side dish
timePrep time: 20 mins
timeTotal time:
Cauliflower cheese
Recipe taken from Davina's 5 weeks to sugar-free, Orion Publishing Group Ltd, £16.99. / Photograph by Andrew Hayes-Watkins

Cauliflower cheese


Serves: 4 as a side dish
timePrep time: 20 mins
timeTotal time:

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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
404Kcal
Fat
26gr
Saturates
15gr
Carbs
23gr
Sugars
13gr
Fibre
7gr
Protein
19gr
Salt
1gr

Davina McCall

Davina McCall

Davina has a career spanning more than twenty five years on TV in addition to charity work, as well as having her own cookery books, fitness DVDs and equipment.
See more of Davina McCall’s recipes
Davina McCall

Davina McCall

Davina has a career spanning more than twenty five years on TV in addition to charity work, as well as having her own cookery books, fitness DVDs and equipment.
See more of Davina McCall’s recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 large cauliflower, broken into florets
  • 50g butter
  • 50g wholemeal spelt flour
  • 500ml full-fat milk
  • 100g mature Cheddar cheese (or similar hard cheese), grated
  • 2 or 3 tomatoes, sliced
  • 25g wholemeal breadcrumbs (optional)

Step by step

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C, fan 200°C, gas 7. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add the cauliflower florets and cook for 3-4 minutes – you don't want them too soft and they should still have a bite to them. Drain and refresh the cauliflower under cold water.
  2. To make the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a pan. Add the flour and stir well for a couple of minutes to cook the flour – this is important, as the flour can taste raw if not toasted in this way first. Gradually add the milk, about 100ml at a time, stirring between each addition, until it is all incorporated and you have a smooth but runny sauce.
  3. Turn the heat up slightly and continue to stir the sauce until it comes to the boil and thickens. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then add 75g of the cheese and stir until it has melted into the sauce.
  4. Put the cauliflower in an ovenproof dish measuring approximately 24cm x18cm and pour the sauce over it. Arrange the slices of tomato on top. Mix the remaining cheese with the breadcrumbs, if using, and sprinkle this mixture over the tomatoes. Put the dish in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until the cheese is golden brown and bubbling.
Chef quote
I make my cheese sauce with wholemeal spelt flour now, which makes a slightly speckly-looking mixture but tastes absolutely delicious.

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