Cauliflower cheese.

The best and the easiest I have found. Mix a tub of creme fraishe with one egg, teaspoon of mustard, grated cheddar plus seasoning. Pour over cooked cauliflower grated cheese on top and cook in oven until brown.

That sounds good Marianne!

Similar to one I cooked earlier, but I didn't use egg

Four pages for cauliflower cheese, unbelievable! But, it does deserve it, real comfort food, I like some of the suggestions. Stansgran, I will try the bay leaves, cauli does have a lingering er, smell.

Shysal I am not surprised your cauli's were enormous they most probably came from the lands around where I live on the north coast of Cornwall and it has been a bumper crop.
Today while still dark the fields were lit up with the lights of the transporters with the pickers loading up.

Enjoy while they are still plentiful.
Next we will be seeing the newborn lambs.
I would have our unpredictable weather any day than live elsewhere.

Maggieanne I'm only on page 1 but I'm sure we could keep it going for another 3 pages!

What is everyone's opinion on broccoli bake? Or a mixture of broccoli and cauliflower cheese?

I'm glad to know that Cornwall still has cauliflowers. Do we still import a lot from Brittany? We were told that exporting cauliflowers from Brittany to the UK was the reason that Brittany Ferries started running.

I make a version of this lovely comfort dish using a mix of cauli and broccoli florets. These days I make a Hairy Dieters cornflour based sauce and add mature cheddar. As I type I'm wondering if chopped spring onions would work. I usually lightly steam the veg and top my dish with steamed potato slices and more grated cheddar. Then bake in the oven. I like my portion sprinkled with Worcestershire sauce.
I'm going to try the creme fraiche version and the bay leaf hint.

I make cauliflower macaroni cheese, sometimes with a few halved tiny tomatoes in it as well. I cook the macaroni and cauliflower florettes together as they both need about 9 mins, make a butter roux cheese sauce in my la cruset, stir in the cauliflower and macaroni, sprinkle grated cheese on top and stick it in the oven to brown. Delicious.

Cauliflower Cheese, now my mouth is watering ?
When I make one, I put slices of mozzarella on the top followed by a liberal coating of Parmesan before baking in a moderate oven until golden brown. You get the most wonderful cheesy taste with that lovely stringy mozzarella texture.

I'm low carbing so it's double cream heated with cream cheese and a nice strong cheddar top the cauli sprinkle some parmesan and paprika and under the grill x

I forgot a dash of Worcestershire Sauce and mustard

Stimulated by this thread I made some tonight cauli and brocolli cheese with a layer of leeks and spinach as earlier poster advised.
My own favourite topping of crispy fried onions cheese and a little cayenne.

Served with sausages and tommies touch of ketchup and slice of toast. Very tasty.

Break up cauliflower into small florets and parboil in salted water so not fully cooked. In a casserole dish melt generous knob butter and then stir in tablespoon plain flour and make roux and add milk, black pepper, dijon mustard and a little strong mature grated Cheddar cheese to make thick cheese sauce. Add cauliflower pieces and then sprinkle grated cheese generously over to and brown under grill or in oven. The cauliflower will continue to cook in the sauce.

Spag bol without any cheese

As a matter of interest I wonder how many of us made cauliflower cheese after reading this thread. I certainly did.

A bit off piste, but roasted cauliflower florets are delicious.

Especially with chopped bacon, garlic and grated parmesan.

Just bought a cauliflower yesterday some great ideas.

Bellanona, I made cauliflower cheese last night, delicious. Will we have a shortage of those now

I buy Amys Kitchen macaroni cheese (gluten free) in Morrisons. I absolutey love it.

Hi Sue, You can reduce the smell of cooking caulies by putting a thick(ish) slice of bread on top while its cooking dispose of it after of course!

Made cauliflower gougère last night. I still want to make another. Genuine cold weather comfort food.

There will be a run on caulis after this marathon thread.

My dh LOVES cauliflower cheese. Lots of very cheesy sauce (mature cheddar only) with a good tsp of English mustard added.
I often do a cauliflower/macaroni cheese combo - breadcrumbs and more cheese on top and whack it under the grill. V good one dish supper - I have made it for unexpected guests when I happened to have a nice big cauliflower - there wasn't a scrap left.
Have also sometimes added a bit of broccoli if I've got any going begging.

Not cauliflower cheese (which I love but doesn't like me -reaches for Gaviscon) but has anybody any interesting ideas to jazz up cauli rice?