Baked Cauliflower Recipe with Step by Step pictures. Delicious creamy cauliflower gratin or baked cauliflower and cheese recipe made with cauliflower mixed with white sauce and baked with a crispy topping.
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Baked Cauliflower and Cheese
I like cauliflower in all form like fried, baked, roasted. Specially this one. I fell in love with this dish from the time I made this dish and now I make this more often. The cauliflower in this recipe is very creamy inside and crispy outside. The addition of breadcrumbs make it more crispy and yummy. The sauce with I used is basic béchamel sauce. If you want to avoid butter in the sauce you could use olive oil or any oil in this..I hope you all will give this dish a try and let me know what you think.
Ingredients for Cauliflower Gratin
- Cauliflower-2 cups cut into florets
- Milk-1 cup or as needed
- Flour-2 tblspn
- Butter-2 tblspn
- Cheese-3 tblspn
- Breadcrumbs-2 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
How to Make Baked Cauliflower
- Preheat the oven to 200°C(400°F).
- Blanch Cauliflower in salted water for 5 mins or till it is fork tender. Drain this and set aside.
- Heat butter in a sauce pan. add in flour and cook for 2-3 mins on a slow flame till the flour gets cooked.
- Pour in the milk slowly and mix till sauce gets smooth consistency.
- Cook this for some more minutes till the sauce gets thickened.
- Add in cheese and mix well. Season this with salt and pepper and mix well. Set this sauce aside for a moment.
- Now take the cauliflower in a baking pan and pour the prepared sauce over this. make sure that every florets is covered with the sauce.
- Sprinkle with cheese and breadcrumbs. Bake this in the oven for 30-35 mins or till this gets golden on top.
- Serve warm.
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Ingredients
- Cauliflower-2 cups cut into florets
- Milk-1 cup or as needed
- Flour-2 tblspn
- Butter-2 tblspn
- Cheese-3 tblspn
- Breadcrumbs-2 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C(400°F).
- Blanch Cauliflower in salted water for 5 mins or till it is fork tender. Drain this and set aside.
- Heat butter in a sauce pan. add in flour and cook for 2-3 mins on a slow flame till the flour gets cooked.
- Pour in the milk slowly and mix till sauce gets smooth consistency.
- Cook this for some more minutes till the sauce gets thickened.
- Add in cheese and mix well.Season this with salt and pepper and mix well....Set this sauce aside for a moment.
- Now take the cauliflower in a baking pan and pour the prepared sauce over this...make sure that every florets is covered with the sauce.
- Sprinkle with cheese and breadcrumbs...Bake this in the oven for 30-35 mins or till this gets golden on top..
- Serve warm..
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Baked Cauliflower Step by Step
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| Grab your ingredients |
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| Cook cauliflower till tender |
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| Melt butter in a saucepan |
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| add flour and mix well |
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| cook it for few minutes |
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| slowly add milk in this... |
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| let it come to a boil.. |
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| cook it till it thickens |
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| add cheese... |
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| season with salt and pepper.. |
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| All done... |
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| Arrange cauliflower in baking dish |
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| Pour the sauce over this |
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| sprinkle with cheese and breadcrumbs |
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| bake it till golden.. |
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| Can you see the crispness |
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| Serve |
Food, Fun and Life in the Charente
Mmmmmmm I love cauliflower cheese. Diane
Chitra
looks so cheesey and yummmy ....
Sia
this is my lil one's fav 🙂
DD
hello arthi, this looks wonderful. My first fav vegge is cauliflower. I love mild masala with it. this dish is perfect for me. But i love adding little garlic in it....what do you say?
Santosh Bangar
CREAMY CRISPY TEMPTING CAULIFLOWER
são33
UMA SUGESTÃO DELICIOSA PARA COMER COUVE -FLOR...ADOREI.
BJS
LA COCINERA DE BETULO
La coliflor me gusta, pero cualquier plato que lleve queso es mucho mejor.
Besos.
schmetterlingwords
Wow.... It looks irresistible. Cauliflower and cheese is a super delicious combination indeed 🙂
anthony stemke
Very beautiful dish and your photos are wonderful too. Your bechamel became a "sauce mornay" when you added the cheese. This cauliflower is a great classic.
Thank You.
Hovkonditorn
This is a great dish!
Nithya
Something new to me. But looks damn delicious 🙂
laurie
That sauce looks so rich and creamy!
Aarthi
@DD addition of Garlic in this sounds good...Will add it when i make this next time..
Thankyou all for your lovely comments
thekitchenaffaire
Looks so creamy and yummy 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN
Recipe sounds too too good,this would be a double treat for my kid as he loves cauliflower very much!
Babli
Looks crispy, crunchy, yummy and tempting. Wonderful presentation.
Kalpana Sareesh
hv tried with all veggies n with cauliflower its so perfect n yummy its a complete meal ny itself..
Sharmilee! :)
wow interesting idea....looks very tempting
AGne
Its looks yummy. Must try.Thanks
Annie Oakley's Kitchen
What a great way to eat your veggies!
Cooking Creation
Mmm! This looks so good! I've done something similar with broccoli but it sounds wonderful with the cauliflower!
Pretend Chef
This looks so delicious. That sauce is a perfect pairing for the cauliflower. I know my family would love this. I would use my spicy garlic olive oil for this. Yummy!
JamieAnne of A Dash of Domestic
Looks wonderful!
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
I always love your step by step pics as they make me want the dish even more after seeing all those wonderful pictures.
Love your dish, superb.