Baked Cauliflower with Cheese Casserole
Servings 8
Calories 517kcal
Ingredients
- 2 small heads Cauliflower cut into florets
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 3 cloves Garlic minced
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 4 ounces Cream cheese softened
- 2 cups Shredded Gruyere cheese
- 1 cup Shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 slices Cooked Bacon crumbled
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons Finely chopped chives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil.
- Once boiling add the chopped cauliflower. Boil for 5 minutes or until cauliflower is slightly softened. Drain water and set cauliflower aside.
- Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add butter and let it melt. Add garlic and allow it to cook for about 1 minute.
- Add the heavy cream to the butter mixture and bring to a boil then lower to a simmer.
- Add cream cheese and Gruyere cheese stirring until it has melted. Add salt and pepper too taste.
- Continue stirring over medium heat until the sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes.
- Add cauliflower to a greased casserole dish.
- Pour cheese mixture over the cauliflower and then top with cooked, crumbled bacon, and shredded cheddar cheese.
- Coverthe baking dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes or until the cauliflower isfork-tender and the cheese has melted.
- Garnish with chives before serving.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 517kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 158mg | Sodium: 590mg | Potassium: 518mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1550IU | Vitamin C: 92.4mg | Calcium: 450mg | Iron: 0.9mg