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Caulifower cheese with Christmas dinner?

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shysal Tue 05-Dec-23 12:02:54

It is something I would never think of serving, as cheese sauce and gravy on the same plate seems odd to me. Do lots of you serve this and why, when there are so many traditional trimmings without? grin

Redhead56 Tue 05-Dec-23 16:36:46

Yes but not a lot of sauce and it roasted in the oven a nice addition to the meal.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 05-Dec-23 16:46:28

It’s lovely but can make for one side dish too many at Christmas. I tried adding it last Christmas but won’t do so again. A nice addition to an ordinary roast.

lixy Tue 05-Dec-23 16:47:40

Yes if it's a veggie roast, but otherwise not.
I love cauli cheese as a main meal.

Kim19 Tue 05-Dec-23 16:52:02

Sounds interesting to me!

Desdemona Tue 05-Dec-23 16:58:37

I love cauliflower cheese. I don't often have it with a roast but I suppose it would be lovely as long as others have said and the sauce is thick and doesn't touch the gravy!
I have a little recipe tip as well (which you all might thing sounds horrible) - but if you have any leftover bread sauce, add a big handful of mature cheddar, a half teaspoon of English mustard and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and you have an instant cheese sauce for the cauliflower.

shysal Tue 05-Dec-23 17:00:26

I love home made bread sauce! At a pub carvery meal once I spooned lots of it on my meal only to discover that it was horseradish, which I hate!

Sarahmob Tue 05-Dec-23 17:07:57

I always serve up either cheesy leeks or cauliflower cheese as I don’t like cauliflower without a cheese sauce. But each to their own I think.

MayBee70 Tue 05-Dec-23 17:31:08

We have cauliflower cheese with just about everything. Often have broccoli with it. I like it with mushrooms and sausages but am happy to have it with chicken, too.

Chardy Tue 05-Dec-23 20:21:50

I always make cauliflower cheese with a roast dinner.

swampy1961 Tue 05-Dec-23 20:46:42

Yes to both!!

mrshat Tue 05-Dec-23 20:49:15

NO! Definitely no .....................

Ali23 Tue 05-Dec-23 21:21:26

I would have cauliflower cheese for my xmas dinner, with the other veggie trimmings, so if you have a veggie coming for lunch it sounds like a great idea!

PaperMonster Wed 06-Dec-23 19:36:53

I would, in fact I’ll probably do it as I don’t eat potatoes so eat a lot of cauli.

PaperMonster Wed 06-Dec-23 19:37:19

Also though, I don’t have gravy.

MayBee70 Wed 06-Dec-23 19:40:15

Just seen on Facebook that Premier Inn now have a plate that keeps baked beans away from the rest of the breakfast food. Could use that for cauliflower cheese!

Louella12 Wed 06-Dec-23 20:10:54

No cauliflower cheese on Christmas Day.

However I do add something that many are shocked about. Yorkshire Puddings. I can eat enough of them.

Chardy Wed 06-Dec-23 20:50:57

Yes to Yorkshires too. My kids would not consider a roast dinner without Yorkshires.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 06-Dec-23 21:27:06

Nooo, not Yorkshire puddings with Christmas dinner.

Casdon Wed 06-Dec-23 21:33:23

No Yorkshire puddings, but yes to cauliflower cheese. We always had it with Christmas dinner when I was a child, so it is traditional, in my family at least. I’d guess though if we all listed exactly what we have there would be quite a bit of variation.

Callistemon21 Wed 06-Dec-23 22:23:34

No Yorkshire pudding unless we have beef for Christmas dinner.

I seem to be the only one who likes turkey.

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Septimia Thu 07-Dec-23 11:53:37

I prefer cauliflower cheese as a main course. These days I usually wrap the raw cauliflower in a thin layer of pastry and cook it in the oven. The cauliflower tastes much better than when boiled. When it's done I split the pastry open and pour the cheese sauce in and over it. Tasty with bacon and baked beans!

I would eat it with a roast if it was served to me. As I don't like gravy, that wouldn't be a problem. Yorkshire puddings only go with beef - or as a toad-in-the-hole!

Shirls52000 Thu 07-Dec-23 11:58:18

Love cauliflower cheese either as a standalone dish with baked potato or as a side dish with Sunday roast, when we get together on a Sunday my family love it

Mim23 Thu 07-Dec-23 12:18:02

Always totally delish!

benhamslc Thu 07-Dec-23 12:24:15

Yes to cauliflower cheese No to gravy