Looking for a delicious side dish to go with your main meal? Well, you will love this creamy cauliflower cheese recipe!
This is truly an easy one baking tray dish, minimal mess, maximum taste and quick to make! All you need is just a handful on ingredients and 10 minutes of hands-on time, and you are set.
This cheesy cauliflower recipe is a hit even with kids as cauliflower doesn’t have much of a taste and who doesn’t love cheese?! Without further ado, let’s get started with what you need to make this recipe!
Ingredients For Baked Cauliflower Cheese
Just a few simple ingredients and you will have a delicious, tasty side dish to accompany your meal! Here’s what you need.
- Cauliflower: Chop up a medium size head of cauliflower for baking.
- Mayonnaise: Homemade mayonnaise is so much better. It adds a lovely flavour and creaminess to this dish!
- Mustard: Adds a lovely flavour I use Dijon mustard.
- Sea salt: Always use good quality salt in your food, it enhances flavour and gives you minerals.
- Black pepper: For flavouring
- Garlic powder or Fresh garlic: For a milder taste use garlic powder for a stronger garlic flavour use fresh minced garlic.
- Shredded cheese: This dish would be nothing without that delicious creamy cheese in the middle and crunchy cheese on top!
How To Make Creamy Cauliflower Cheese
You will love how simple this cauliflower cheese recipe is to whip together. And it only requires one dish!
- Preheat your oven to 190c/ 375F
- Chop up your medium cauliflower head into 1-2 inch pieces.
- Mix all the ingredients except 1 cup of cheese together in your baking tray.
- Top the cauliflower with the rest of the shredded cheese.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes uncovered. You want the cheese to go a golden brown on top!
- Pull out of the oven and serve!
How To Store Leftovers
You can store leftover cauliflower cheese in an airtight container in the fridge and reheat in the oven.
You can also freeze the leftovers in an airtight container and reheat in the oven, until warm.
What To Serve with Cauliflower Cheese
This cauliflower cheese recipe makes a great side dish to accompany any meat!
- It’s a great side for steaks, roast chicken, fish or lamb!
- Serve it with chicken parmigiana.
- Makes a lovely side with lasagna.
- You can serve this with rissoles!
So many ways to incorporate this side dish with your main meal!
If you try this recipe and love it, I would love it if you could come back and give it 5 stars!
Creamy Cauliflower Cheese Recipe
This creamy cauliflower cheese recipe is the perfect side dish! It's a simple and quick recipe you can whip up in no time.
Ingredients
- 1 medium size cauliflower head chopped
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 cup shredded cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190c/ 375F
- Chop up your medium cauliflower head into 1-2 inch pieces.
- Mix all the ingredients except 1 cup of cheese together in your baking tray.
- Top the cauliflower with the rest of the shredded cheese.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes uncovered. You want the cheese to go a golden brown on top!
- Pull out of the oven and serve!
Notes
How To Store Cauliflower Cheese
You can store leftover cauliflower cheese in an airtight container in the fridge and reheat in the oven.
You can also freeze the leftovers in an airtight container and reheat in the oven, until warm.
Questions and Answers
Why does my cauliflower cheese go watery?
There are several reasons cauliflower cheese can go watery. If you overcook it it can change the structure of the cauliflower making it release more liquid.
Adding to much sauce to your dish can also make it go watery.
If you steam or boil your cauliflower before baking, there is also a chance of having a watery dish.
Can you freeze cauliflower cheese?
Yes, you can freeze cauliflower cheese. Once your dish has cooled down completely place it in an airtight container.
It will last about 2 months in the freezer. You can reheat it in the oven. The dish normally comes out delicious, but there is a chance of the consistency changing a bit after being frozen.