Roasted Cauliflower With Cheese Sauce

Name: Roasted Cauliflower With Cheese Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3-4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 small cauliflower, cut into florets; 2 tablespoons olive oil; salt and black pepper; 1 1/2 tablespoons butter; 1 1/2 tablespoons flour; 3/4 cup milk; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon black pepper; 3/4 cup shredded gruyere cheese

Submitted by Marie

"Roasting the cauliflower first with olive oil, salt and pepper, then topping it with a wonderful gruyere cheese sauce gives this side dish wonderful flavor. Delicious!"

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 3-4

ingredients

1 small cauliflower, cut into florets
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt and black pepper
Sauce
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons butter
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons flour
³⁄₄ cup milk
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₈ teaspoon black pepper
³⁄₄ cup shredded gruyere cheese

directions

Preheat oven to 400°.
In a large bowl, toss together cauliflower florets, olive oil and salt and pepper.
Transfer to large rimmed baking sheet.
Roast, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes or until tender.
Near the end of roasting time, in medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, whisk in flour until blended and slightly browned.
Gradually whisk in the milk until smooth.
Add salt and pepper and simmer for 3 minutes, whisking occasionally.
Remove pan from heat and whisk in cheese until melted and well blended.
Place cauliflower on serving platter and spoon sauce on top.
Sprinkle with parsley for garnish.

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Reviews

I've made a cheese sauce like this many times before, but for some reason they generally don't come out as well as this recipe did. Of course, I usually don't measure out my ingredients as carefully as I did this time. Therefore I do recommend you use this recipe for your cheese sauces. I also added some dry mustard, and used a low fat cheddar cheese and low fat milk to reduce calories. I roasted a bag of frozen cauliflower, broccoli and carrots. Very tasty, thanks!

Kumquat the Cats fr
Very easy, delicious and satisfying. I used Cheddar instead of Gruyere, and added about 1/2 tsp of brown mustard to make it more of a rarebit-style sauce. Very pleased how quick it went together, and how easy it was to prepare. Went well with a the peppercorn steak I made for dinner.

amid9603
I made this for guests at the weekend. It was not only absolutely delicious, but very quick and simple to prepare. Thanks for a great recipe!

Tennessee Special
Wow!!!!!! I have never tried gruyere but I loved the flavor and the roasted cauliflower. Will definately be making this often. Thanks for a GREAT recipe.

cst1996
I fixed this for supper and Alan and I really liked it. It didn't become mushy like when I had boiled or steamed it. Since there wasn't a lot of water still in the cauliflower the cheese sauce stayed perfect and did not get runny and run off the cauliflower. I only had cheddar so you can probably use whatever cheese you have on hand.

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