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Irish cheddar cheese cauliflower with hazelnut topping

Irish cheddar cheese cauliflower with hazelnut topping

Yields 4 Servings
occasions
Lunch, Christmas
dairy ingredients
Butter, Milk, Cheese
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Irish cheddar cheese cauliflower with hazelnut topping

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients checklist for the topping

DIRECTIONS

1
Pre-heat the oven to 170oC/Gas3.
2
Remove the outer leaves from the cauliflower and coarsely chop. Then place the cauliflower and leaves in a saucepan with about 2.5cm of water. Cook on a medium heat for 10 minutes (you want them slightly undercooked as they will be going in the oven too).
3
In a separate saucepan, melt the butter and whisk in the flour. Cook for two to three minutes, stirring constantly. Then add the milk, whisking continuously to ensure that no lumps form. Stir in the grated cheese and the freshly grated nutmeg.
4
Place the cauliflower in a lightly buttered gratin dish and pour over the cheese sauce.
5
Next make the hazelnut topping, by roasting the hazelnuts in the pre-heated oven for ten minutes. Once roasted remove from the oven and place in a food processor and blend for 30 seconds (not too fine), mix them together with the parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs. Sprinkle the hazenut topping over the cauliflower cheese.
6
Bake in the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes and then serve immediately.

Ingredients checklist for the topping

Ingredients Checklist

Ingredients checklist for the topping

Instructions

1
Pre-heat the oven to 170oC/Gas3.
2
Remove the outer leaves from the cauliflower and coarsely chop. Then place the cauliflower and leaves in a saucepan with about 2.5cm of water. Cook on a medium heat for 10 minutes (you want them slightly undercooked as they will be going in the oven too).
3
In a separate saucepan, melt the butter and whisk in the flour. Cook for two to three minutes, stirring constantly. Then add the milk, whisking continuously to ensure that no lumps form. Stir in the grated cheese and the freshly grated nutmeg.
4
Place the cauliflower in a lightly buttered gratin dish and pour over the cheese sauce.
5
Next make the hazelnut topping, by roasting the hazelnuts in the pre-heated oven for ten minutes. Once roasted remove from the oven and place in a food processor and blend for 30 seconds (not too fine), mix them together with the parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs. Sprinkle the hazenut topping over the cauliflower cheese.
6
Bake in the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes and then serve immediately.
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