Cauliflower Cheese with Sun-Dried Tomatoes

This is a little twist on the more classic Cauliflower Cheese. I suppose it's obvious to put cheese with tomatoes, but only when I opened the fridge last week and found a lonely cauliflower and half a jar of sun-dried tomatoes did I try this. It's good comfort food and totally delicious.

Ingredients
1 Cauliflower, broken in to florets
1 Pint Milk
50g Plain Flour
50g Unsalted Butter
1 tsp Paprika
100g Mature Cheddar Cheese
Salt and Black Pepper
10 Sun Dried Tomatoes, sliced
Fresh Parsley, chopped

Method

Heat oven to 220C.
In a large pan of water, boil the cauliflower for about 5 minutes or until just tender. Once cooked and drained, arrange in a oven-proof dish.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt the butter over a medium heat. Once it's all melted, take off the heat and stir in the flour. When it becomes a smooth paste, return to the heat and gradually pour in the milk, a little at a time. The sauce will gradually thicken so keep whisking every time you add milk. Add the milk slowly as you may find you don't use the whole pint and you don't want the sauce too runny.

Once all the milk is in, add the paprika, season and stir for a couple of minutes until smooth. Add the sun dried tomatoes and stir for another minute.

Remove from the heat and stir in most of the cheese (leave enough to sprinkle over the top).

 

Pour the sauce over the cauliflower and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.  
Put in the oevn and bake for about 15 minutes, until the cheese is browning on top. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with Parsley and serve. We usually have ours with Veggie Sausages and / or Garlic Bread.