cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake. I cut back on the amount of milk after reading the reviews. I felt there was enough cheese with the sauce. Perfect with a roast dinner, or as a meal in its own right.

Here is a special Mouth Watering Mondays. The cheese sauce is created on its own in. They are delicious either served warm or cold. You can cook cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake

1. You need of sauce.
2. You need 40 grams of flour.
3. Prepare 40 grams of butter.
4. Prepare 400 ml of milk.
5. It's 150 grams of cheese.
6. It's 1 tsp of mustard.
7. You need 1 medium of bay leaf.
8. Prepare 2 medium of sprigs of fresh thyme.
9. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
10. It's 1 pinch of black pepper.
11. You need of dish.
12. Prepare 1 medium of cauliflower.
13. Prepare 1 medium of broccoli.

If served warm, you could have them with a salad, cooked or baked. Crunchy walnuts are added on top. It's just as good served on its own or as a side dish. This is the easiest, cheesiest & most darn right delicious side dish.

cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 190C / 375°F / Gas mark 5..
2. Wash the cauliflower and broccoli thoroughly, break into florets and place into a pan of boiling salted water. Simmer for about 5 mins till the vegetables are tender but not soft. Drain and set aside in your oven dish of choice..
3. To make the sauce, a tip from Delia Smith. Put the flour, milk and butter in a pan and heat gently from cold. Whisk continuously until smooth. Add the mustard, thyme, and bay leaf. Continue whisking while adding the cheese (keeping back a generous hand full for the topping). Whisk for about 4 minutes till the sauce thickens. Remove the bay leaf and sprigs of thyme, season to taste..
4. Pour the sauce evenly over the cauliflower and broccoli. Covering as much as you can. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top of the dish..
5. Place dish into pre heated oven and bake for 25 - 30 mins till golden brown and bubbling..

Top with the remaining combined cheeses. Place baking pan in the oven on top of a baking sheet to catch bubble over. Top with breadcrumbs and remaining cheese, and transfer dish to the oven. Make this cauliflower recipe for baked cauliflower. Why not make smaller portions and serve this as a side as well?