Cauliflower and Cheese Pasta bake

Name: Cauliflower and Cheese Pasta bake
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 250g of macaroni; 100g of unsalted butter; 2 bay leaves; 1 onion, finely chopped (we used Woolworths Macro); 3 garlic cloves, crushed; ½ bunch sage, roughly chopped, plus extra whole leaves; 1 tablespoon of plain flour; 900ml of heavy cream; 200g of smoked cheese, coarsely grated; 1¼ cups of finely grated parmesan; 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning; 1 large cauliflower, blanched until just tender, cut into wedges; ¼ teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg

4 steps

Cook:30min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:35:01 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories989.1 kcal (49%)

Total Fat81.1 g (116%)

Carbs42.4 g (16%)

Sugars7.5 g (8%)

Protein25 g (50%)

Sodium613.4 mg (31%)

Fiber3 g (11%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

250gmacaroni

100gunsalted butter

0.5 bunchsage

roughly chopped, plus extra whole leaves

1 tablespoonplain flour

900mlheavy cream

200gsmoked cheese

coarsely grated

1 ¼ cupsparmesan

finely grated

2 tablespoonsitalian seasoning

1cauliflower

large, blanched until just tender, cut into wedges

¼ teaspoonnutmeg

freshly grated

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Grease a 2.5L baking dish. Cook pasta according to packet instructions, drain and rinse under cold water. Set aside.

OvenPreheat

Step 2

Heat butter in a large frypan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and add bay leaves, onion, 1 tbsp Italian seasoning and garlic, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until onion is softened and butter is lightly browned. Discard bay leaves.

Step 3

Add sage and flour, and stir for 2 minutes to cook out flour. Gradually add cream, stirring until smooth, then add half smoked cheese, parmesan and cooked pasta, stirring to combine. Crumble in two-thirds of the cauliflower. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper, and Italian seasoning .

Step 4

Transfer to prepared dish. Top with remaining cauliflower and remaining 100g smoked cheese, and scatter with extra sage. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden.