Classic Recipes

Prep Time:20 min

Cook Time: 20 min

Serves: 4

This recipe is a twist on the classic comfort dish and combines 2 staple winter ingredients, cauliflower and cheese. The dish is finished off with a generous sprinkling of chive and is perfect for serving up to friends and family on a cold Winters evening.

Ingredients

1 Large White Cauliflower
1500ml Boiling water
100ml Milk
75g Butter
Salt to taste
1 small bunch of chives – Finely chopped
200g Grated Collier’s Cheddar

Instructions

1. Bring the water and milk to the boil.
2. Remove all green outer leaves from the cauliflower and finely slice the cauliflower using a mandolin.
3. Heat the butter in a large (approx 20cm across) heavy bottomed pan add the cauliflower to the melted butter and cook over a medium heat with a lid on. Check the cauliflower every 3-4 minutes to ensure it is not catching on the bottom.
4. Approximately 15 minutes after the cauliflower is cooked add the almost boiling/just boiled water and milk, bring to the boil and cook for a further two minutes.
5. Remove from the heat, season with salt and liquidize. You do not need to pass the soup through a trainer.
6. Pour into your bowls and sprinkle won lots of grated Collier’s Cheddar, Melt the cheese with a Chefs blow torch if you have one or place the bowls under the grill to melt. Sprinkle with chopped chives and serve.