Cheesy Baked Cauliflower recipe

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01/18/2012

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This recipe for Cheesy Baked Cauliflower with leeks and bacon is perfect to accompany any meal.

Ingredients

1 large cauliflower
2 leeks thinly sliced
1 250g packet bacon
150ml milk
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
500ml store-bought cheese sauce
3 or 4 tablespoons breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon olive oil
handfull of grated cheddar cheese

Directions

Break the cauliflower into florets and steam or boil for about 10 minutes until tender but still with a little crunch.

While that is going on, fry your bacon and then add the finely sliced leeks, cook for a minute or two until the leeks have softened, add the mustard and give it a quick mix, remove and set aside.

Place the cooked cauliflower into an oven dish, sprinkle over most of the bacon and leek mixture and then give it a turn to mix in the bacon and leeks. Sprinkle the remainder of leek and bacon mix over the top.

Pour the cheese sauce over the top and then mix together the breadcrumbs and olive oil in a separate bowl, mix, add the grated cheese, mix, sprinkle over the top.

Bake in a 200 Celsius oven for 15 minutes. Thats it, a delicious vegetable dish.

Servings

Serves 6-8

By: www.cookbook.co.za

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