Whole roast cauliflower covered in a rich cheese sauce.

This is not a side dish, this is the hero. It takes me back to my days running the kitchen at Gills Diner in Melbourne alongside my good mate Sammie Sweetheart. This is our take on the whole roasted cauliflower with cheese sauce which we developed together in the Gills Diner kitchen and added to the menu. If you’re ever in Blenheim, NZ, check out Sammie’s restaurant Frank’s. [ / eatatfranks ]( / eatatfranks )
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recipe
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower
- 300g grated cheese
- 60g butter
- 50g flour
- 800ml milk
Method
1. Start by blanching the cauliflower in boiling salted water for 12 minutes.
2. Remove from water and let it drain (well).
3. Drizzle the cauliflower with olive oil and season with salt. Place it in a 180°C oven for 25 minutes.
4. While the cauliflower is in the oven, you can make the cheese sauce. Start by melting the butter in a pot. Once it’s foaming, add the flour and cook it out for 3-4 minutes.
5. Then, add the milk and whisk until you have a smooth white sauce.
6. Add 80% of your grated cheese and over a low heat whisk until it’s all incorporated.
7. Pour this over the cauliflower and top with the remaining cheese.
8. Place this back in the oven on the grill setting and grill until golden brown.

[@sarahdeason493]

Lovely recipe .. looks Devine ❣ .. Love the overhead shots and seeing the "Pups Pups" around Daddys feet hopping for a dropped bit of cheese ..

[@Moranimal23]

I follow you because you make amazing foods but also seem like such a nice and genuine person. Keep up the great work!

[@southerncaltattooedbiker3643]

Love cauliflower with cheese yum 😋

[@SuperWittleGuy]

OMG Chef! I am unsure now whether I can EVER eat Cauliflower differently than the way you presented here, haha! Wow, made me super hungry! Thank you for this! Nicely done!

[@joshstiltner]

Great video Andy. I’m 44 and just started Culinary School in July. I’m starting to understand your point about professional chef vs home cook. Professional kitchens make cooking much, much easier.

[@BMMB450]

Gerrting mate. Andy is pushing me to go to cooking School and iam 46! I do home cooking but it is way messy and short in creativity. Keep it up mate 👍🏼. And thanks Andy you are the chef ✅

[@clairemcleod8676]

@@BMMB450 Go for it. I had always cooked but didn't go to culinary school until I was 51. Very very beneficial.

[@jeltich]

Good on you mate for following your passion!

[@truluverful]

Good point, also, picking stuff thats healthy, diverse, doesn't make too many dishes (very important) and easy to cook without too much prep time/has unrealistic ingredients. A lot to account for honestly.

[@julietwangui684]

Welcome to the world of cooking.....

[@nathanielblake6062]

My dad would make cheese sauce our of whatever cheese we had in the fridge for Broccoli. Cheese makes everything better.

[@RodTenor]

Hi Chef! Tried it yesterday and loved it! The only tweak I did was that I changed the flour by almond powder/flour since I count carbs. Served it with some veal oven-baked ribs rubbed with dry herbs. Thank you for the recipe!

[@MrSnusmumriken92]

Depends if how much time you have, cold milk takes longer time, but rarely lumps, and hot milk goes super fast, but requires more technique when poured/whisked in. Great vid, love the cheese combo chef🤙

[@time-to-pause]

Can’t get enough of this channel and his KZbin shorts. Really awesome content. Can you do a roast pork Banh Mi? 🙏

[@Skidbarrow]

As a milk enthusiast, I'm glad to see you always use quality milk! How good is Maleny dairies

[@andy_cooks]

Delicious

[@karengerber8390]

Sounds marvelous! I found your selections of cheeses intriguing. Thank you, Chef Andy!

[@tenwaystowearit]

Andy your sleeves are so cool. I got a good look at them during your overhead cooking shot. 👌🏾 Oh and the puppies 🥰!

[@TheJoshSouthy]

Been making this once a fortnight for about 6 months at this stage, always gets great reactions from the family, cheers Andy!

[@ArkayeCh]

I heard of cauliflower cheese but not WHOLE cauliflower. That's cool!

[@dalmakiss2146]

Love your videos! Am following them from UK and I absolutely love love them, love the voice, so pleasant, nicely and clearly presented! Also love the recipes you’re choosing to present! Keep up the good work 🎉

[@robinaufdenkampe4659]

Fabulous video! I really enjoy how you share delicious and doable recipes. Great instruction. Thanks!!! Looking forward to the next video.

[@seti04]

One of the best recipes I have known since childhood! It's nice to know that people on the other side of the world like it too! Greetings from Germany

[@ginahardman3573]

Love watching you cook- make cooking seem so simple

[@silys5253]

Delicious. Idea for a spinoff. Grill a chicken over the cauliflower. Let the fat from the chicken drip down onto the cauliflower. My greek friend used to do this. Tastes fantastic!

[@bg73]

That sounds awesome...

[@Snabelbooda]

@silys still with the cheese sauce and before or after the cheese? also could get kind of towery and unstabel right? :P

[@SS-mf5df]

@@Snabelbooda there are little grate like things which can stable stuff

[@mfarace67]

I read that the original version of roasted cauliflower had it boiled in a chicken stock, so this sounds like it would also work to impart some nice flavor.

[@navinarajoo7426]

Cute little vacuum cleaner at 10:00 :D Making sure the floor is spotless while Andy cooks lol

[@hguarraci6914]

This looks delicious 😋 I’m starving now !! You make every dish look fast. Easy Clean . Neat and exciting and most of all yummy !

[@rasmuslauritzen4504]

As Chef John of Foodwishes always says; cold milk hot roux, no lumps. You can literally dump all the milk at once, and it will not lump the slighest.

[@SuzanneBaruch]

The thing is that Chef John's tip -- while it does work -- isn't practical in a commercial kitchen. Waiting for the sauce to come up to the boil from a cold liquid takes too long; this is why traditionally, in a commercial kitchen, hot liquid is used. Also, there's the presumption that a pro is better at whisking than a home cook. I've used both methods and lean toward the traditional way at work, and Chef John's way at home.

[@mohammadalbakshy1912]

@@SuzanneBaruch you’re my hero today

[@SuzanneBaruch]

@@mohammadalbakshy1912 Thank you! I don't feel like a hero, but I'll take it 😂

[@dbwinters]

@@SuzanneBaruch wow- that makes so much sense: time is money in a professional kitchen

[@dbwinters]

came here to plug Chef John too- Andy, if you see this for some reason, check out Foodwishes!

[@MrLiam272]

Growing up in the UK as a kid my mum always used to add this to a roast dinner on a Sunday, it used to stand out better than the meat and Yorkshire pudding, nice work mate.

[@ilovebobsdonuts]

Vegetarian (mostly) here and very excited to make this! Hosting a couple of meals next weekend and this looks like a simple enough dish to feed people, but I trust your recommendation that this will be a delicious dish. 😋

[@rubykeiss1540]

Bought a huge cauliflower for $3 at the mkts!! Bargain so making this to go with slow cooked lamb in red wine this arvo. Thanks Andy👏🏼🍷😋😍

[@237racing3]

Simple yet perfect ! Thanks Andy.

[@clickivids6556]

I love your Frenchie, a natural hoover whenever cheese is dropped on the floor, exactly the same behaviour as my Pug. I absolutely love watching these longer videos, looking forward to many more.

[@peter6362]

Very well done. Thank you. We love cauliflower as well as lots of cheese, so this combination should go well with our family.

[@marko3275]

That looks amazing, will have to make one for my holiday supper. Thanks for sharing.

[@Stefan-rk6vl]

the audio was fixed! thank you so much

[@Godschild52909]

I'm a Canadian Britt. Love my cauliflower cheese. I like to leave the greens on and love the taste of them 😊

[@SuperMoriarty]

Hi, I love cauliflower cheese. I've been making it for 50 years and I didn't know you had to use hot liquid I've always cold. love your videos, thank you Chef

[@saspredydious9295]

I think I remember a dish like this in home economics class! “Day to Day Cookery” was the cookbook and the dish was called Cauliflower au Gratin! My memory might be failing me - that was nearly 60 years ago! I love your take on it Andy! 😊

[@truluverful]

That sounds delicious. I'd imagine that would be similar except instead of a cheese sauce it would probably just be a bechamel with cheese/breadcrumbs grated on top. A 'healthy' alternative!

[@chriswebb1500]

Remember it from a women’s weekly cookbook , back in the early 80s ,I served it up in my military mess and my boss tore strips off me , every time I run across him these days he still taunts me about it , little did he know I was ahead of my time😅

[@per116]

Love, love, love!! Both of my favourites. I never imagine it can be both served. I will definitely make cheese cauliflower. Thank you Chef. Like to watch your channel 🙂

[@kmskmwsmfd]

That looks delicious. Will be trying that recipe over Christmas

[@ianrobert6239]

I have got to try this recipe. Looks absolutely delicious 👍

[@kevingraham3221]

Love these little videos

[@nl8128]

I am enjoying the Recipes and the food looking ! And also the tidiness and clean around💪🏻👍🏻

[@michaelgiampino2241]

Another winner for Christmas ❤

[@marjglin]

Love your videos. Thank you so much. I’ve made cheese sauces with both hot or cold liquid and I find the best method when using cold is to pour the liquid slowly while constantly whisking. Greatly reduces any lumps .

[@jberryberry6677]

That’s Beautiful 😋 🤤 , Thanks for sharing Chef

[@Grahf0]

Watching the dog at your feet, waiting for some errant bits of cheese to fall, was amusing.

[@kiwik2951]

I am dog

[@SarahGraymatter]

Beautifully designed

[@IsabelMacNeill]

made this Xmas day - brilliant thanks Andy

[@Kwisatz_HaderachXIII]

That looks amazing Chef! Some roasted garlic would go nice in that as well with a bunch of fresh cracked pepper! You the man!! Greetings from the States I hope to travel to Australia and New Zealand some day!!

[@josephmilgin7047]

Beautiful mate just lovely , after watching you present this cauliflower cheese dish I'm gonna try it looks mouth watering 😋

[@eddiemanzano1706]

I love the shorts but this is the first time YT led me here only bc I was looking for cauliflower for turkey day. Love this type of POV video. make more please!

[@Abubububu]

Prerun it on barbeque before roasting in oven for extra taste 😉 5 minutes should do it

[@hunkhk]

that looks so good. Andy you are a Legend

[@tomsunt]

We used to serve this when i worked in Sydenham at The Grayhound. We usually served this Sunday because we had Sunday roast. It was amazing. Couldn't stop eating it.

[@vimalaseshadri7918]

I totally love your channel and this recipe made roasting a whole cauliflower is the best-

[@yogawithzelinda]

Great video! I liked the camera angle and getting to see a bit of your life behind the scenes - tripods, cooking in socks, dogs eating the cheese crumbs from the floor. I've been cooking a lot of cauliflower lately - looking forward to making this.

[@tinabrady6956]

Looks delicious!

[@Unknown-yc2xj]

Always enjoys Andy’s videos.

[@betito6223]

Amazing

[@philipsamuelu3477]

Greetings from Adelaide, love the cook ups bro. Keep up the good work🤙🏾

[@DomDemolition737]

Hey Andy! First to say, I'm a pro chef myself for almost 20 years and I really enjoy watching your channel, especially your style of educating and showing proper technique to the (so I guess) uneducated majority of viewers.... On the roux-discussion: I was taught to avoid lumps either to go with a hot roux and cold stock, or p.e. for a asparagus sauce, when you're using the boiling water, to use a cooled down roux... Keep on bringing that great variety of recipes, I really appreciate that... Cheers from germany! Dom

[@angelacochran8]

I have found that hot or cold work equally as well for incorporating the liquid in with the fat/flour combo. Love your videos!!

[@geegeeandlulu]

Looks delicious!!!!

[@nj8215]

I have to try this. Looks absolutely delicious

[@bobf1290]

Wow.one of my favourites looks incredible 👌🤤

[@cyndirosenow4081]

I'd love to see you make a Finnish dish sometime! I spent a summer in Finland and still love the foods I tried during my stay !

[@AlexP.Keaton]

Yep! Awesome!!

[@terihubbard4247]

Looks amazing

[@danielmargolis3210]

That looks delicious, chef!

[@kathrynslater8725]

My mother was not a professional chef, but a great home cook; cold water at all times! I've never had a lump! Love your stuff!

[@leo-nf3gb]

Enjoying...keep them coming.

[@elizabethburrell1070]

Looks awesome 👌

[@nitram_gaming]

that looks good looking forward to make it

[@kristieolinger1265]

Your an amazing cook and thank you I am planning to make a nice dinner for my family and this dish has made the meanu for the night how wonderful my family will love it

[@lisasnell8927]

Ok just found your channel love it chef!.....I also noticed your 4 legged vacuum cleaners gorgeous 😍. Thanks for the cheese sauce tips awesome 👌

[@nunyadontyaknow]

Ahhh yeahhh man! Looks so good. 👌

[@sheilaferguson2740]

That looks amazing

[@aulk321]

glad i found you randomly keep it up!!

[@My_mid-victorian_crisis]

The first I remember hearing about a cauliflower head cheese dish was back in the mid-80s. The recipe was in the "Brand Name Cookbook". It was made in a microwave with Best Foods/Helman's mayo and shredded cheddar. I made it in culinary school by steaming the cauliflower head and roasting the cheese.

[@th1s1guysays1]

I love your videos so much! Definitely gonna try this

[@19manz]

Why do u not tell us what the cheeses are that you used 🤔 😒 frustrating

[@19manz]

Looks so amazing but not.fully described

[@isaiahgimlewicz8298]

That’s how we have always made it at home, or with Hollandaise sauce on top. Yum. Great video

[@janaijackson4455]

I am going to make this!!! Looks so good!! 🤤

[@JacquelineHD2827]

I’m adding the ingredients to my grocery cart now! Fabulous looking!

[@BC-vj5vv]

Andy chef, I reckon you should somehow take the core out of the middle after the initial roast in the oven, so you can funnel in cheese sauce. You'd get grilled cheese sauce on top and then oozy cheese sauce in the middle, gushing everywhere when you carve it. You need a cauliflower sized apple corer

[@ryancarroll9294]

Nice work brother! Another one to try👌👌

[@mel4741]

I've made a cheap version of this and am absolutely thrilled to have found a better recipe for it. 10/10 thank you for sharing

[@LuisRomero-fc4gx]

Thanks for your videos, you’re Amazing

[@MrMatyga]

love this recipe !! especially with chicken, a little cardamom and sprinkled with breadcrumbs!

[@maninashedandyp]

Looked great, I used to roast with butter and spices, such a versatile vegetable

[@laivo_original]

OMG So making this!

[@oyoungshin1236]

Dogs are constantly cleaning up after the chef!😊

[@davidbailey556]

I am with Michael Giampino, this is a must for the Xmas table this year. I Love the home cooks vibe of your videos Andy, On second watch I noticed the four-legged friend helping out at your feet to ensure that all the dropped cheese didn't go to wait! 😀

[@bingusman69]

atta boi david

[@celindacochran6977]

Wow! I'm fixing this tonight! Looks fantastic! Thanks! Oh, do the pups get tastes too? Cute!

[@kevinfoley7704]

Looks wonderful. That would get my kid to like cauliflower. I've got to try this one with a bit milder cheese blend for her and another one with your cheese blend for me. Thanks.

[@lorinmiller8051]

We love you Andy!

[@padders1068]

You're a Legend yourself! That looks freakin delicious. 😋

[@urgensimpson7477]

Amazing recipe. Cauliflower almost grew up in my garden. So I will try it. Thanks and privet from Russia ))

[@nickie88888]

Delicious!

[@HazMat1117]

Great video!

[@karencroft1322]

That looks yummmmmmy 🥰

[@sandrawillis1334]

love these posts 😋😋💯

[@orbtastic]

Cauli cheese is a UK roast dinner staple. I've grown Romanesco at home before and it makes an outrageously good cauliflower cheese. Also, I always use white, sharp cheese (Lancashire, Cheshire, Wensleydale) and add a couple of spoons of Dijon mustard. When grilling it I add breadcrumbs/panko to the top too.

[@carmenschumann826]

. . . how cool that you have this handy little 'vacuum cleaner' sucking up all the cheese you were spilling on the ground . . . 😋

[@lynettephillips2160]

My husband has been wanting me to cook this dish for a while. Thank you.