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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.

40 mins
513kcal
British
Cauli Mac & Cheese
4.0

Ingredients for 2 people

Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs (30g)
Capers
Capers (15g)
Cauliflower
Cauliflower
Conchiglie
Conchiglie (200g)
Dijon Mustard
Dijon Mustard (1tbsp) x2
Tomato
Tomato

You'll also need

Butter, Flour, Milk, Olive oil, Pepper, Salt (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 portion recipe.

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

Chop the tomato up finely

Chop the capers finely

7

Combine the tomatoes, capers, 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) olive oil, salt and pepper to taste

This is your salsa

8

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.

per serving
513kcal
Energy
4.9g
Fat
98g
Carbohydrate
7.6g
Fibre
20.2g
Protein
1.6g
Salt
per 100g
133kcal
Energy
1.3g
Fat
25.4g
Carbohydrate
2g
Fibre
5.2g
Protein
0.4g
Salt

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.