Cauliflower Bake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (1 1/2 lb) cauliflower
• 1 small onion, chopped (1/3 cup)
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8-1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 dash ground red pepper
• 1 cup half-and-half or 1 cup light cream or 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons snipped parsley

Recipe

• 1 wash cauliflower and remove leaves and woody stem.
• 2 break into floweretts. (you should have about 4 cups.)
• 3 in a medium saucepan cook cauliflower, covered, in a small amount of boiling salted water for 5 minutes. drain.
• 4 in the same saucepan cook onion in margarine or butter until onion is tender but not brown.
• 5 stir in the flour, salt, pepper, and ground red pepper.
• 6 add half-and-half, light cream, or milk all at once.
• 7 cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• 8 add cheese, stirring until cheese melts.
• 9 stir in cooked cauliflower.
• 10 transfer mixture to a 1-quart casserole.
• 11 bake in a 350 degree f oven about 15 minutes or until heated through. sprinkle the top with the snipped parsley.