Whole Baked Cauliflower with Cheese & Truffles
Love cheese but looking for something more? Then our Luxe Cauliflower and Cheese dish with fresh Australian Black Winter Truffle is for you!
Course Appetizer
Servings 0
Ingredients
Roasted Cauliflower
- 1 whole cauliflower
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
Cheese Sauce
- 2 tbsp French cultured butter
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1 &1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup Comté cheese grated
- salt & pepper to taste
To Serve
- 1 Australian Black Winter Truffle
Instructions
Whole Roasted Cauliflower
- Preheat oven to 210C.
- Place cauliflower on a oven tray, drizzle liberally with extra virgin olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Roast cauliflower in the oven at a high heat, for 25-30 mins. If cauliflower smokes excessively from the oil, reduce the heat to 190C.
- Once 30 mins has elapsed reduce heat to 190C and continue to cook for another 20-25 mins.
- Insert a skewer or knife in the underside of the cauliflower, where it should give slightly. Adjust cooking time accordingly if required.
- Turn off the oven and rest cauliflower inside for a minimum of 20 mins, where it will continue to cook with the residual heat.
Cheese Sauce
- Melt butter in a saucepan over a gentle heat. Once the butter begins to caramelise, add flour and mix to form a roux, (paste).
- Add milk at intervals and stir over a moderate heat until all the milk is incorporated, smoothing out any lumps if they form.
- Continue to cook for another few minutes, as the sauce simmers it will thicken. Desired consistency is when the sauce coats the back of the spoon.
- Turn off the heat and add grated Comté to the sauce, continue to stir until all the cheese is incorporated. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
- Optional - grate some fresh black truffle into the sauce, cover with cling film and set sauce aside. Heat sauce just prior to serving.
To Serve
- Serve cauliflower whole, with a generous drizzle of warm cheese sauce at the table. Shave some fresh truffle on top of the cauliflower, just prior to serving.
Keyword Cauliflower, Cheese, Truffle Season, Vegetarian