Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese

Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese. What do you get if you add cauliflower, cheese and macaroni? Drain the macaroni and cauliflower and stir into the cheese sauce. Transfer to an ovenproof dish, then sprinkle over the remaining cheese and flash under a hot grill until golden and bubbling.

Lodge Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven.

Stir cheese sauce into cauliflower and macaroni until well coated.

This was a great way to use up some leftover cauliflower.

You can cook Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese using 11 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese

1. It’s 8 rashers of bacon.

2. Prepare 1 of large head of cauliflower.

3. It’s 500 g of dried macaroni.

4. It’s of Olive oil as required.

5. You need 250 g of cheddar cheese.

6. You need 4 of thick slices of bread.

7. It’s of Large spring of fresh rosemary.

8. You need 2 of garlic.

9. You need 250 g of creme fraiche.

10. Prepare of Salt and peper.

11. You need of Parmesan cheese.

I used a mix of mozzarella and sharp cheddar cheese and it tasted yummy.

The idea for this homemade cauliflower mac and cheese came from a party I attended about a year ago.

One of the guests had brought a traditional macaroni and cheese casserole dish made with cauliflower, and people at the party could not stop raving.

And, knowing that there's cauliflower hiding in it somewhere just makes it all the more guiltless.

Cauliflower Macaroni and Cheese instructions

1. Fill the kettle with water and bring to a boil..

2. Preheat the oven on 220 C.

3. Lay the bacon in the dish and put on the top shelf of the oven to pre cook.

4. Trim off any coarse of spoiled outer leaves from the cauliflower and remove the tough end of the stalk..

5. Quarter the head and break it up into large pieces. Place in a large saucepan, stalks downwards and add the macaroni..

6. Pour over boiling water to cover the ingredients, season, add a little olive oil and place on a high heat. Stir well until it reboils and cook with the lid a jar..

7. Grated the cheddar cheese and tip into a bowl. add the creme fraiche and crushed garlic..

8. Remove the bacon from the oven. Using food presessor process well with the bread and rosemary leaves..

9. Add a good drizzle of olive oil to bind the ingredients..

10. When the cauliflower and the pasta is just cooked, reserving the cooking water. Drain it all through a colander into a large bowl..

11. Tip the pasta mixture into the dish, add about 400 ml of reserved cooking water. Stir in the creme fraiche and cheese mixture. breaking the cauliflower with a potato mashed until you have bite sized pieces..

12. Season. The sauce should be loose and if necessary add another splash of the reserved cooking water..

13. Spread the mixture out evenly in the dish and scatter over the breadcrumbs topping..

14. Cook on the top shelf of the oven for arond 8 - 10 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the mixture bubbling..

15. To serve, grate over some parmesan cheese..

16. Enjoy.

A few weeks ago, I tried my hand at a potato and carrot based "cheese" dip.

This Cauliflower Mac and Cheese recipe is not only a kid friendly recipe, it combines cheesy cauliflower and macaroni and cheese, two of my favorite comfort foods.

It's also healthy, with cauliflower replacing the pasta and milk instead of heavy cream.

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat, then whisk in the flour until Stir in two-thirds of the cheese, then season with salt and pepper.