Can't remember the last time I made it but I make the same sauce for pasta bakes. I make the sauce from scratch with butter, flour, milk, cheddar and mustard.
Cook cauliflower but not over cook.
Meanwhile make a cheese sauce. Either use a cheese sauce recipe plenty online, or use a ready made sauce depending on your time or sauce making skills.
Put cauliflower in an ovenproof dish. Pour sauce over. Grate some cheese on top pop it in to the oven to brown.
No Naomi, my mother taught me how to make a great cauliflower cheese when I was about 10. Remove all outer leaves from cauliflower then cut the stalk short. Cross cut the stalk to aid cooking. Cook in lightly salted boiling water until tender then drain. Meantime make your white sauce with flour, butter and milk. I always add a strong cheese to my sauce before pouring over the cauliflower.
A whole boiled cauliflower with a cheese sauce poured over it isn’t my idea of cauliflower cheese, Maggie. That explains why you thought this was a daft question.
I’ve added broccoli before tigger but I had baked cauliflower cheese in Spain a few years ago and it was superb. I wondered if anyone might have a recipe that might come near to it.
I add leeks and a small potato to mine. Cook all together but not too mushy. Make cheese sauce with a little mustard. Sprinkle grated cheese, mixed with sesame seeds and a handful of oats. Bake till crispy
We do ours basically as others have said. Par boil cauliflower and broccoli; make a roux, then add, Dijon mustard, extra mature Cheddar and double Gloucester.
Place veg in large shallow dish, pour sauce mix over and sprinkle with a good portion of breadcrumbs. Then 'bake' in oven until cooked through and golden on top.
Served with sausages here.