cauliflower cheese sauce recipe ideas(no packet mixes)?

Answer 1

Who knew that cauliflower could be such a perfect vehicle for olive oil, lemon, garlic, and Parmesan cheese? I'm used to eating cauliflower raw, steamed, or puréed. I love cauliflower and will eat it any way it is prepared. But this method makes cauliflower palatable to any but the most ardent anti-veggie. Perhaps it's that anything is good roasted with those ingredients, or perhaps the cauliflower really is the ideal stage for this blend of flavors.

1 head of cauliflower
2-3 cloves of garlic, peeled and coarsely minced
1 lemon
Olive oil
Salt and Pepper
Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut cauliflower into florets and put in a single layer in an oven-proof baking dish. Add garlic. Squeeze a lemon over cauliflower and drizzle each piece with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. If the oven hasn't reached 400°F yet, set aside until it has. Place casserole in the hot oven, uncovered, for 15-25 minutes, until the top is lightly brown. Test with a fork for desired doneness. Remove from oven and sprinkle generously with Parmesan cheese.

Serves 4.

Answer 2

1 ) A basic roux (flour, butter ) add milk and then whichever cheese you prefer, we like a mixture of Parmesan and farmhouse cheddar), do not reheat the sauce in the pan after you add the cheese as it may curdle, spoon over your cauliflower top watery more cheese and grill, it's nice with added Parma ham or crispy bacon too, Alternatively for something different:

2)1/2 clove garlic
1 cup beer
2 cups (about 8 ounces) coarsely grated Cheddar cheese
2 teaspoons cornflour
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
Coarse salt (kosher or sea) and freshly ground black pepper



1. Rub the bottom and side of a heavy saucepan with the cut garlic. Place the garlic clove in the pan, add the beer, and bring to a boil over high heat.
2. Meanwhile, place the cheese and cornflour in a bowl and toss to mix. Sprinkle the cheese into the boiling beer, stirring it with a wooden spoon. Let the sauce come back to a boil; it will thicken.

3. Reduce the heat slightly, stir in the mustard, and season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste. Let the sauce simmer gently until smooth and rich-tasting, 3 to 5 minutes, stirring steadily with the wooden spoon. The purist can fish out and discard the garlic clove; otherwise, one lucky person will get to eat it.

Makes about 1 1/4 cups.

Answer 3

Melt 1/2 oz butter and add 1/2 oz flour and mix,
Add just under 1/2 pint milk a bit at a time and keep stirring all the time.
Add pepper to taste
Then add loads of cheddar cheese, probably about 4oz and stir till thickened.
You can make it tastier and add some stronger cheese such as stilton and also a little bit of mustard - 1/2 teaspoon. Mmmm Love Cauliflower Cheese!

Answer 4

Steam the cauliflower while the sauce is bubbling. The sauce is simple, 1 T. butter, 1Tablespoon flour, mix in the pan while the butter melts, add slowly with a whisk to prevent lumps warmed milk(about 1 cup) and stir while simmering. Add grated cheese( i prefer stronger cheeses, about 1 to 2 cups(depending on how cheesy you like it) season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper . Saute quickly in a pan, fresh breadcrumbs with a knob of butter, or if you can find it panko(japanese breadcrumbs). Add a little salt and pepper. Place steamed cauliflower in a bowl, pour an small amount of cheese sauce on top and sprinkle bread crumbs at the finish. Enjoy!

Answer 5

It's a basic roux sauce - melt 1oz or 25g of butter, add salt and pepper to taste. Just as it is liquid, add about 1 oz or so of plain flour (about a tablespoon )- add a little more if necessary - it should mix to a flexible, not too stiff, paste. Stir and lift off the heat to avoid catching it. Then add a pint of milk, and keep stirring constantly , adding loads of grated cheese to taste (I reckon at least 3 oz of mature cheddar) - as the liquid boils it will thicken.

Pour over the cooked cauliflower (should be about the right timing if you have put the cauliflower on about 10mins before you start this. Finish off with a little bit more grated cheese and paprika or cayenne pepper if you have it. Delicious!!

Answer 6

CAULIFLOWER WITH CHEESE SAUCE

1 head cauliflower or flowerets

SAUCE:

2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. flour
1 c. milk
Dash of salt and pepper
3/4 c. Cheddar cheese, grated

Cook whole cauliflower or flowerets in boiling water, salted. Cover for 15 minutes or until tender. Drain, place in serving dish and cover with cheese sauce.
SAUCE: Blend butter and flour together, add hot milk and boil until thickened. Add seasonings and cheese, and continue to heat, stirring constantly until cheese is melted.

Answer 7

make a classic roux, an ounce of flour or heaped table spoon and equal amount in size of fat, ( butter or marg) melt fat, mix in flour heat gently for a few minutes add milk approx 1/2 pint or little more ( sorry i don't weigh or measure)
add gradually to make sure you get rid of lumps bring to the boil use a balloon whisk to stir all the time to prevent lumps forming ( don't worry if a few do they usually disappear when you add the cheese) add cheese to taste. approx 4 oz's but will depend on strength of cheese and your taste. stir til cheese melted. Meanwhile part cook cauliflower drain thoroughly place in oven proof dish cover with cheese sauce and then grate some cheese on top. Bake in oven for approx 20 mins or until bubbling and going golden. enjoy

Answer 8

Follow the recipe above but add a teaspoon of mustard into cheese sauce..It makes it taste more cheesy. Also you could make it more substantial with hard boiled eggs or broad beans. Broccoli is good mixed in as well. I know, I'm getting too fancy here, but the mustard really does help the cheese flavour.

Answer 9

4oz of butter
4oz plain flour
salt and peper
onion
glove
1/2 to 1pt of milk
glove of garlic
warm the milk with a peeled whole onion with two gloves in. once warm take out onion,
melt the butter and fry of chopped garlic, add flour to melted butter,
stir well,
stir till the sauce coats the back of a spoon.
then add grated cheeses
pour over cooked cauliflower
topping
two slices of bread made into bread crumbs, fry off with butter once cooled mix with grated cheese and then place on top of the cauliflowerr, bake and eat and enjoy
slowly add w

Answer 10

boil some milk, while waiting for it to boil, make half a cup of milk and add in in a few spoons fulls of corn flour to it. Keep stirring this mixture in the cup and when milk comes to the boil pour the cup mixture in to the boiling milk just before it rises to the top and stir in the pan, keep stirring.
Add a bit on salt and pepper, and I put a dolllop of dejon mustard in, stir until thick and then add the cheese of your choice.
When cheese melted in pour over your cauliflour!

Lush.