Puffed Cauliflower Cheese Recipe
The puffed cauliflower cheese is a baked recipe made with cauliflowers. Cooke and combined with cheese and eggs with added seasonings to taste, the puffed cauliflower cheese is baked with a topping of breadcrumbs to a lovely golden color.
Ingredients
| Cauliflower | 1 Medium | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Flour | 2 Tablespoon | |
| 1 cup milk, or milk and water in which cauliflower has been cooked | ||
| 1/4 cup fine white bread crumbs | ||
| Eggs | 3 Small, separated | |
| Cheese | 1 Cup (16 tbs), grated | |
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Pepper | To Taste | |
Directions
Wash cauliflower; remove stalk end.
Cut into quarters; remove hard stalk.
Divide into florets; cook in boiling salted water until tender; drain.
Heat butter in pan.
Add flour; stir over low heat 2 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Add milk gradually; stir until smooth.
Return to heat; stir until boiling.
Add salt and pepper and most of bread crumbs.
Stir in egg yolks, cheese, and cauliflower; adjust seasoning to taste.
Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into mixture.
Put into greased ovenproof dish; sprinkle with remaining crumbs.
Bake in preheated 400°F oven about 30 minutes, until well risen and brown.
Cut into quarters; remove hard stalk.
Divide into florets; cook in boiling salted water until tender; drain.
Heat butter in pan.
Add flour; stir over low heat 2 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Add milk gradually; stir until smooth.
Return to heat; stir until boiling.
Add salt and pepper and most of bread crumbs.
Stir in egg yolks, cheese, and cauliflower; adjust seasoning to taste.
Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into mixture.
Put into greased ovenproof dish; sprinkle with remaining crumbs.
Bake in preheated 400°F oven about 30 minutes, until well risen and brown.
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