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Cauliflower Cheese with Crushed Potato

Cauliflower boiled until it falls apart, folded into cheddar sauce over buttery crushed potato, with roasted cherry tomatoes for sharpness.

Cauliflower Cheese with Crushed Potato. Cauliflower boiled until it falls apart, folded into cheddar sauce over buttery crushed potato, with roasted cherry tomatoes for sharpness.
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Prep 10 minCook 30 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 200 g cherry tomatoes
  • 10 ml extra-virgin olive oil (9 g)
  • 350 g potatoes, peeled and cut into 3 cm pieces
  • 500 g cauliflower, cut into small florets
  • 30 g unsalted butter
  • 12 g plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 260 ml milk (268 g)
  • 55 g cheddar, grated
  • 6 g chives, snipped
  • 0.5 g iodised table salt
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/400F. Roast the tomatoes with the oil on a small tray for 20 minutes, until split and collapsing.
  2. Boil the potatoes in a large pan for 15 minutes, adding the cauliflower for the last 10. The cauliflower is ready when a floret gives with no squeak and starts to fall apart at the edges; a little overcooked is right here. Drain both well.
  3. Melt two-thirds of the butter in the dry pan, stir in the flour and cook 1 minute, then whisk in the milk in stages and cook 5 minutes until it coats a spoon. Off the heat, stir in the cheddar and salt.
  4. Crush the potatoes roughly with a fork and the remaining butter, adding a splash of milk so they stay loose.
  5. Fold the cauliflower into the cheese sauce, breaking the bigger florets down with the spoon as you go.
  6. Spoon the cauliflower cheese over the crushed potato, top with the roasted tomatoes and their juices, and finish with chives and pepper.

Safety and storage

Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from