{"id":582,"slug":"cauliflower-cheese","title":"Cauliflower Cheese","description":"Cauliflower cheese or cauliflower gratin (French: Choufleur au Gratin) is a filling and cheesy dish, great as a side to a roast dinner or any other dish.","ingredients_raw":["1 large cauliflower head","300 ml (10 oz / 1 ¼ cups) white sauce","100 g (3.5 oz) parmesan","30 g (1.1 oz) unsalted butter","1 tbsp breadcrumbs","1 tbsp salt","1 tbsp pepper"],"ingredients_norm":["cauliflower head","white sauce","parmesan","unsalted butter","breadcrumb","salt","pepper"],"steps":["Cut your cauliflower into small florets, and place them heads down into a bowl of salty water to dress them for an hour.","Drain florets, and add them to a saucepan of salted boiling water. Cook, uncovered, regularly checking the feel of the cauliflower with a knife to see when they are ready. Your knife should go smoothly, but with some firmness to the cauliflower still.","Preheat your oven to 200°C (180°C fan/390°F/gas 6).","Once the cauliflower has cooked, drain the florets and lay them in a dish of your choice. Combine the white sauce with ⅔ of the parmesan cheese, and pour over the cauliflower. Sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and remaining cheese.","Place your dish into the oven for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.","Serve immediately."],"categories":["Side dish recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using cauliflower","Recipes using parmesan","Recipes using bread crumb"],"prep_time_minutes":20,"cook_time_minutes":40,"total_time_minutes":60,"servings":"1","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Cauliflower_Cheese","source_ref":"4514940","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Cauliflower_Cheese&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"004223dd5d80e852824dd66acbb2a2bce408aaca621b535ecfe83a511fd3c93a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/cauliflower-cheese"}