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Cauliflower cheese with crispy bacon recipe
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Cauliflower cheese with crispy bacon recipe

15 ingredients 15 min + 20 min 4 people openrecipes

We always had great difficulty convincing our children to try cauliflower. That was before we came across this recipe for a jazzed-up cauliflower cheese.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1236
Calories
38g
Protein
54g
Fat
155g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cheddar Cheese 1 oz (28g) 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Cauliflower 1 cup chopped (107g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 small onion, peeled, halved and studded with 6 cloves
  • 500 whole milk
  • ml large, fresh bay leaves
  • 3 black peppercorns
  • 0.5 butter
  • tsp plain flour
  • 40 large, very fresh cauliflower, weighing about 1.5kg, core removed, cut into large florets
  • g mature cheddar, coarsely grated, plus more for the top
  • 35 double cream
  • g English mustard
  • 1 large, vine-ripened cherry tomatoes
  • 200 olive oil
  • g rashers rindless, smoked streaky bacon
  • 3 salt and freshly ground white pepper
  • tbsp slices hot buttered wholemeal toast, to serve

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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