Cheesy vegetable bake
This cheesy vegetable bake is a simple to make and yet very tasty.
What goes well alongside this bake?
This side dish can be served on it’s own with a warm baguette or as a side dish alongside oven baked cod, chicken or gammon.
Cheesy vegetable bake
Ingredients
- 1 broccoli
- 1 cauliflower
- 5 rashers smoked bacon, chopped
- 25 g unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 300 ml milk
- 1 tsp english mustard
- 200 g grated cheddar
- pinch of pepper
Instructions
- Cut the broccoli and cauliflower florets into even sized pieces. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Boil the veg for around 10mins. Drain and allow to stand in the colander.
- Preheat the oven to 200°c/gas 6.
- Dry fry the bacon until crisp, remove and set aside.
- In a saucepan, over a low to medium heat melt the butter and using a balloon whisk, stir in the flour. Once all combined, gradually add the milk, stirring all the time with the whisk until it boils, simmer until the sauce has thickened.
- Add two thirds of the cheese and stir until melted and then season.
- Place the vegetables into a shallow dish, pour the cheese sauce all over and sprinkle the remaining cheese, top with bacon and place in the oven for 15mins or until brown and bubbling. Serve immediately.