Cauliflower cheese
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Cauliflower cheese, sometimes called cauliflower and cheese, is a British dish, usually eaten as a main course for lunch or dinner, that is similar to macaroni and cheese. Cauliflower cheese consists of pieces of cauliflower lightly boiled and covered with a milk-based cheese sauce, for which a strong, hard cheese (such as cheddar) tends to be preferred. The dish is topped with grated cheese (sometimes mixed with bread crumbs) and lightly grilled to finish it.
Pasta and extra ingredients, such as tuna are sometimes added and it may be eaten with salad or garlic bread.
[edit] History
As cauliflowers were introduced to the UK in around the 17th century, cauliflower cheese probably came to be made around that time, although the history of this dish is very vague. The dish used to be eaten as Sunday lunch, but is now eaten on any day, normally in the winter months. The filling meal was probably eaten by the poor when meat was not available, as was common in the 17th century.
Unlike macaroni and cheese, cauliflower cheese is not widely produced as a ready meal, and is now growing unpopular, probably due to cauliflowers not being eaten as often as they once were. Macaroni and cheese is also replacing the British meal.
