Cauli Mac & Cheese
The beauty of this bake is that the pasta and cauliflower cook in the same pot, while you make your white sauce. The cauliflower wants to be slightly underdone when it's boiled, so that it has the perfect texture once baked.
Ingredients for 2 people
You'll also need
Butter, Flour, Milk, Olive oil, Pepper, Salt (or dietary alternatives)
Cooking instructions
Instructions for 2 portion recipe.
Boil a kettle (used in step 2)
Preheat the oven to 240°C/ 220°C (fan)/ 475°F/ Gas 9
Cut the cauliflower into similar size pieces - roughly the size of a ping pong ball
Bring a large pot of water to the boil with salt (optional) and add the pasta
Cook for 8 min, adding the cauliflower halfway through the cooking time
Drain and reserve the pan
Cut the tallegio (including the rind) into 2cm pieces, ready for step 4
Return the pot to a medium heat and melt 30g (60g) of butter
Once melted stir in 30g (60g) of flour and cook for 2 min, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon
This is your roux
Whisk 300ml (600ml) of milk and 100ml (200ml) of boiling water gradually into the roux
Cook for 5 min, stirring constantly, or until the sauce has the same consistency as double cream
Combine the dijon, half the taleggio, drained pasta and cauliflower and season generously
Transfer to the oven-proof dish, tuck the remaining half of taleggio in amongst the pasta and sprinkle with breadcrumbs
Cook in the oven for 5 min
Then grill on high for a further 5 min
Chop the tomato up finely
Chop the capers finely
Combine the tomatoes, capers, 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) olive oil, salt and pepper to taste
This is your salsa
Serve the dish straight from the oven with the salsa as a garnish
Enjoy!
Nutritional information
Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.
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The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.
Allergens
Allergens highlighted by † (gluten, mustard, sulphites).
In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.
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