Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Cauliflower Cheese



This is the recipe that makes cauliflower one of my children's favourite vegetable, even though they are not so wild about cauliflower. Yes, of course, its the cheese, bubbling, hot and delicious.

Ingredients

1 head of cauliflower
Cheddar cheese (the more mature and sharper the better)
flour
milk
Worchester sauce
butter
bread crumbs

Instructions

1) Wash cauliflower and break into large bite-size florets
2) Place the florets in a small amount of boiling water and steam for 5 minutes
3) Take cauliflower off the stove, drain the water and put the florets aside.
4) In the same pot (less clean-up), melt a big piece of butter over medium heat(don't let it burn)
5) When completely melted put 2 heaping tablespoons of flour into the butter
6) Stir the flour/butter mixture for 3 minutes (keep the heat low)
7) Pour in a cup of milk and stir until you have a smooth sauce (It will take a while)
8) Stir in a tablespoon of Worchester Sauce. If you think the sauce is too thick, you can add more milk. If you like, you can grate in some nutmeg
9) Now put a large amount of grated cheddar cheese into the sauce. The rule here is the more cheese, the better
10) Stir the steamed cauliflower into the sauce, pour the whole mixture into a baking dish
11) Sprinkle pepper, bread crumbs and some grated chees on the top
12) Bake in the over for 15 to 20 minutes

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Scrambled Eggs

There is one and only one trick to perfect, moist scambled eggs. Mix up the eggs to be cooked very, very gently. The more you whip them, the more air you introduce, the more they dry out.

In your pan (a non-stick pan will save you tons of clean-up time), put a large knob of butter. When the butter has melted and is beginning to bubble, pour in your eggs and stir gently. Keep stirring until the eggs are just as you like them. Enjoy.