Cauli-macaroni cheese
What do you get if you cross cauliflower cheese with macaroni cheese? Comfort food heaven
- Prep:15 mins
Cook:25 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
- kcal 0
- fat 0g
- saturates 0g
- carbs 0g
- sugars 0g
- fibre 0g
- protein 0g
- salt 0g
Ingredients
- 300g rigatoni, penne or macaroni
- 1 small cauliflower, separated into florets
- 200ml crème fraîche
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 175g Red Leicester, grated
- 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
Method
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta, stir well, bring back to the boil and then cook, uncovered, for a couple of minutes. Tip in the cauliflower florets, bring back to the boil again and cook for a further 8-10 minutes until both the pasta and the cauliflower are tender but still firm to the bite. Drain well. Preheat a hot grill.
Add the crème fraîche, mustard and all but a good handful of the cheese to the pasta pan. Stir over a low heat until the cheese just starts to melt. Tip the pasta and cauliflower into the cheese sauce and gently stir together. Season and transfer to a flameproof dish.
Scatter the tomatoes over the top followed by the rest of the cheese and some pepper. Grill for about 5 minutes until browned and bubbling.