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Cauliflower cheese has always been one of those guilty pleasures – taking perfectly good cauliflower and topping it with a fatty cheese sauce. In this recipe, I’ve tried to reduce some of those fatty elements. The kale has been added to boost the vegetable content.
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Cauliflower Cheese with Kale
Ingredients
- 1 large head cauliflower approx. 850g when trimmed, chopped into florets
- 1/2 bunch kale chopped into 2cm pieces
Cheese Sauce
- 60 g light olive oil
- 40 g self-raising flour
- 650 g reduced fat (2%) milk
- 250 g light tasty cheese cut into 2cm pieces
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- Salt and pepper to season
Instructions
- Put the cheese into the Thermomix bowl and grate for 6 seconds | Speed 8; remove to a bowl
- Put cauliflower into the Varoma bowl and assemble (without the tray)
- Rinse Thermomix bowl, add 600g of water into the bowl and close the lid
- Put the Varoma on top of the Thermomix and steam for 15 minutes | Varoma | Speed 4
- When the timer finishes, take the Varoma off the Thermomix and toss the cauliflower around the bowl to mix
- Put the kale into the Thermomix basket, put in the Thermomix, add the Varoma and steam for another 5 minutes | Varoma | Speed 4
- Remove the Varoma and the basket and empty the water from the bowl
- Turn the grill on in the stove
- Add the oil, flour, milk, salt and pepper into the Thermomix bowl and with the measuring cup (MC) on, cook for 8 minutes | 90C | Speed 4
- Add 100g of the cheese and mustard into the bowl and cook for 2 minutes | 90C | Speed 3
- Put cauliflower and kale into a large rectangular roasting dish, mix together and top with cheese sauce; making sure all of the vegetables are covered
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese
- Put roasting dish into the oven and grill until golden brown
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[Last updated: June 23, 2013]