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Cauliflower Mac & Cheese Bake

Name: Cauliflower Mac & Cheese Bake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 1.3 kg cauliflower, broken into varied florets; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 40 g unsalted butter; 200 g cream cheese; 250 ml pouring cream; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 250 g mature cheddar, coarsely grated; 80 g finely grated Parmesan; 0.25 cup fresh chives, sliced

Roasted cauliflower folded through a sharp three-cheese sauce and baked until the top blisters. Mac and cheese satisfaction, vegetable structure intact.

Prep15 mins

Cook35 mins

Serves4

DifficultyEasy

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Golden cauliflower cheese bake with irregular florets blistered cheddar and a rough spooned serving — **TooGut pick**Flexible, practical, genuinely delicious.

Roasting instead of boiling is the difference between a rich cauliflower bake and cheese soup. The florets shrink, brown and hold their shape before they meet the sauce.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves4

Roasted cauliflower

1.3 kgcauliflower, broken into varied florets
2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
1 tspsmoked paprika

Cheese sauce

40 gunsalted butter
200 gcream cheese
250 mlpouring cream
1 tbspDijon mustard
250 gmature cheddar, coarsely grated
80 gfinely grated Parmesan
¼ cupfresh chives, sliced

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Roast away the water

Heat the oven to 230°C. Toss cauliflower with oil, paprika, salt and pepper. Roast on two hot trays for 20 to 25 minutes until browned and reduced.

Build the sauce gently

Melt butter in a saucepan. Whisk in cream cheese, cream and mustard over low heat until smooth.

Add cheese off the heat

Remove from heat and stir in two-thirds of the cheddar, half the Parmesan and most of the chives. Season firmly.

Fold, do not drown

Put roasted cauliflower in a baking dish and fold through just enough sauce to coat. Scatter over remaining cheese.

Bake for the broken crust

Bake at 210°C for 12 to 15 minutes, then grill briefly until the top blisters in uneven dark patches. Rest for 8 minutes.

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Nutrition snapshot

Energy2,080 kJ

Protein21 g

Carbohydrate13 g

Fibre6 g

Approximate only. Values change with brands, portions and selected swaps.

Set yourself up

Equipment

✓ Two large oven trays
✓ Medium saucepan
✓ Large baking dish
✓ Balloon whisk