Cauli-macaroni cheese

Name: Cauli-macaroni cheese
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 300 grams rigatoni, penne or macaroni; 1 small cauliflower, separated into florets; 200 milliliters crème fraîche; 2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard; 175 grams Red Leicester, grated; 2 tomatoes, cut into wedges

Cauli-macaroni cheese might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 23g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 571 calories. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. If you have wholegrain mustard, tomatoes, crème fraîche, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes. Users who liked this recipe also liked Cheat's cauli-macaroni cheese, Macaroni and Cheese – home made macaroni and cheese is a comfort food that is hard to beat. You can put away the pre packaged macaroni and cheese at the store, and Broccoli Cauli Cheese Soup.

Instructions

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.

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Water

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Frying Pan

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.

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Cauliflower

Pasta

Drain well. Preheat a hot grill.

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Grill

Add the crme frache, 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.

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Cheese Sauce