German
Blumenkohlauflauf (Cauliflower and Cheese Bake)
Blumenkohlauflauf (Cauliflower and Cheese Bake) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb cauliflower, cut into florets
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1.5 cups shredded cheese (Gouda or Emmental)
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Preheat the oven to 400 F and cook the cauliflower florets in salted boiling water for 5 to 6 minutes, until just tender, then drain well and spread them in a buttered baking dish.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan, whisk in the flour, and cook for 1 minute, then gradually whisk in the milk and simmer, stirring, until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Stir half the cheese, the nutmeg, salt, and pepper into the sauce until melted and smooth.
- Pour the cheese sauce evenly over the cauliflower.
- Scatter the remaining cheese and the breadcrumbs over the top.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden and bubbling; a genuinely everyday meatless option that kids take to easily.
Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Blumenkohlauflauf (Cauliflower and Cheese Bake), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Blumenkohlauflauf (Cauliflower and Cheese Bake) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Backfisch (Pan-Fried Breaded Plaice) |
| Gluten | Yes | Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables, Dairy, and Grains
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Blumenkohlauflauf (Cauliflower and Cheese Bake) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
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Cook this with your whole family
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