Cauliflower cheese, anyone?

mrbadexample

Oh yeah, if you must, you can leave the bacon out for the flippin' veggies. :rolleyes:

mrbadexample

RacyRed wrote:

WOW!

That looks seriously edible MBE..... Are you married?

As it happens, no. I am very available. :cool:

And is that your second best sweater you're looking for?

Jay-Jay_4

Right... so about the freezing malarkey...... As it's pasta, cauli and broccoli you'll have a combination of problems.....


Pasta sucks up all the sauce so it becomes dry but cauli gets waterlogged so it becomes watery, broccoli breaks up like cauli and the bacon will go 'flacid' on the top :think:

If I was going to freeze it I would do so in the dish (if it's a freezeable dish) then defrost before you want to use it and cook it in the oven for 30-40 mins. It gives it the best chance of heating through but still retaining the shape of all the various ingredients.

It won't taste quite the same but it'll probably still taste alright.


I'm starvin now

RacyRed

mrbadexample wrote:

As it happens, no. I am very available. :cool:

And is that your second best sweater you're looking for?

Yes!! Have you seen it?

mrbadexample wrote:

I'm looking for a lass that can cook though.

mrbadexample

RacyRed wrote:

Yes!! Have you seen it?

Me? No, sorry. :whistle:

And the cooking is negotiable.

bethom

I will be within about 15 mins of your house tomorrow, get warming I'll be there at tea time.:D

comping_cat

That looks lovely, never put bacon in my cauli cheese before. I have frozen portions before, if it does go a little mushy, i just add a little more cauliflower to it, still tastes lovely that way.

mrbadexample

Ok, that one's in the freezer - I'm having the remainder of the other one (I did say there was a lot!) for me tea.

So, when I come to use it, defrost thoroughly I guess, but what oven temperature am I looking for, and how long will it take?

arkonite_babe

I would recommend 180oc for a fan oven and 200oc for a conventional oven until it's bubbling. If you have a cooking thermometer it should be above 75oc for reheating. Approx 20 - 30 minutes should do the trick.

Hope that sorts you out

mrbadexample

arkonite_babe wrote:

I would recommend 180oc for a fan oven and 200oc for a conventional oven until it's bubbling. If you have a cooking thermometer it should be above 75oc for reheating. Approx 20 - 30 minutes should do the trick.

Hope that sorts you out

I think it's conventional.

What's a cooking thermometer?

Will you do it for me? :A