Cheesy Sweet Potato and Cauliflower

This is comfort food at its very best. Lovely, meaty, orange fleshed sweet potatoes combined with beautiful, earthy, cauliflower florets, all encased in a rich cheese sauce, crusty bits of grilled cheese gilding the top--what’s not to like!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2  large  orange fleshed sweet potatoes
• 1  small cauliflower, broken into florets
• 3  tablespoons  snipped chives
•  salt and pepper
• 3  ounces cheddar cheese, grated

• Cheese Sauce

• 2  ounces butter
• 2  ounces plain flour
• 1 1⁄4 pints milk
• 1  bay leaf
• 3  ounces parmesan cheese, grated
•  salt and pepper
•  freshly grated nutmeg

Directions

1. Bake the sweet potatoes in a hot oven until tender. Set aside to cool for a few minutes. Put the cauliflower into a microwavable bowl, add a few TBS of water, cover with cling film and cook in the microwave for 5 minutes on high. Drain and set aside.
2. Prepare the cheese sauce as below. Preheat your grill.
3. Cut the sweet potatoes into wedges and lay them in the bottom of a greased oven proof dish. Drain the cauliflower and spoon it over the sweet potatoes. Spoon the hot cheese sauce over top (you may not need it all). Sprinkle with the grated cheese and the snipped chives. Grill for three to four minutes until golden and bubbling. Enjoy!
4. To make the cheese sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour, stirring until smooth. Let cook over low heat for one minute to cook the flour then slowly stir in the milk, whisking until smooth. Add the bay leaf and cook over medium low heat, stirring, for about 10 minutes until thickened. Remove the bay leaf. Stir in the cheese and season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.