Roast cauliflower with cheese sauce
Ingredients
- 1 medium whole cauliflower
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 11/2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 bay leaf
- 11/2 tbsp plain flour
- 21/4 cups whole milk
- Pinch of nutmeg
- 4 ounces gruyere
- 4 ounces old cheddar
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley for garnish
- 1-2 tablespoons of capers, drained and pat dry Olive oil
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400f
- Clean up the cauliflower and Rub it all over with some olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.
- Roast it in the oven for about 30 minutes, until golden.
- Meanwhile, make the cheese sauce. Melt the butter in a nonstick saucepan over a medium heat with the bay leaf. Then add the flour and cook for a couple minutes stirring often as not to brown.
- When the roux is starting to bubble. Add the milk, whisking quickly until it is incorporated and you have a smooth sauce. Cook for seven to eight minutes until thick and then season with nutmeg and black pepper.
- Add the cheese and stir over the heat until it’s melted and smooth.Squeeze in half a lemon an stir again. Adjust the seasoning.
- Remove the cauliflower from the oven, smother it with the cheese sauce, and return to the oven for another five minutes, under the broiler and cook until golden.
- Remove from the oven and garnish with fried capers - to fry capers add one tbsp olive oil to a fry pan and cook until crisp
