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Mac and Cheese Recipe with Corn & Cauliflower Sauce

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Mac and Cheese Recipe with Corn & Cauliflower Sauce. Creamy Macaroni and Cheese baked in the oven, with added cauliflower cheese sauce and corn and topped with crunchy breadcrumbs.  All ready and on the table in less than 30 minutes!

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STEP 1
Cook pasta & cauliflower together, combine with milk, cream, corn & cheese.

STEP 2
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs & roughly chopped butter, bake 200ºC for 15-20mins til crunchy.

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Mac and Cheese Recipe with Corn & Cauliflower Sauce

This recipe came about kinda accidentally while I was recipe testing Cauliflower Fritters.  I had cauliflower left over and lost track of time, so quickly whipped this up for dinner.  It was so easy and ready in less than 30 minutes and great for leftovers the following night.  My kids had their favourite dinner of hotdogs with a side of this, so easy!

Cauliflower Cheese Sauce is such a great way of sneaking in an extra vegetable to your family dinner. The kids really love the added sweetness from the corn kernels in this pasta dish.

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Mac and Cheese Recipe with Corn & Cauliflower Sauce


  • Total Time: 38 minutes
  • Yield: 4–6 serves 1x
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Mac and Cheese Recipe with Corn & Cauliflower Sauce.  Creamy Macaroni and Cheese baked in the oven, with added cauliflower cheese sauce and corn and topped with crunchy breadcrumbs.  All ready and on the table in less than 30 minutes!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 250g macaroni pasta
  • salted water
  • ½ head cauliflower, cut into 1cm pieces
  • 1¼ cups / 310ml milk
  • 1 cup / 250ml single (pouring) cream
  • ¾ cup corn kernels, frozen is fine
  • 3 cups / 360g cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1 cup / 130g parmesan cheese, finely grated
  • salt & pepper
  • 2 cups panko breadcrumbs
  • 50g butter, roughly chopped

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200C.

Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water for 8 minutes.  Add the cauliflower and cook another 2 minutes.

Place the pasta and cauliflower into a large casserole dish and mix in the milk, cream, corn, cheeses, salt and pepper.  Stir well to combine.

Top with breadcrumbs and roughly chopped butter dotted around the top.  Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden and crunchy.

Notes

I like to add a heaped tablespoon of salt to my pasta water to cook.

  • Prep Time: 8 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: DINNER

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This post was originally published December 2018.

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