Cauliflower Cheese Pie

The Cauliflower Dream.

Gloomy morning everyone!

At least it is here where I am sitting. Just gloom, gloom and more gloom. Wah.

BUT on a brighter note, I have a warm puppy and a warm cup of tea to keep me company this gloomy Wednesday :) AND I have a yummy recipe too! Cauliflower Cheese Pie.

A few weeks ago I got this sudden hankering for cauliflower! I'm just the kind of person who dreams of food and when I wake up I just HAVE to have whatever I was dreaming of and I do believe I dreamt of cauliflower. Weird, I know. Anyhoo I felt like it was time to do something about it! So I googled up some recipes and I found a delicous cauliflower cheese pie which was super easy to make and yum yum yummy! So here I am sharing it with YOU!

Ingredients:

For the Potato Crust:

3 fairly large potatos, shredded
1 medium sized onion, grated
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp salt
1 tbs all-purpose flour
A bit of vegetable oil

For the Filling:

Oil, for frying
1 medium sized onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp paprika
salt & pepper to taste
1 head of cauliflower, chopped into small pieces
1 1/2 cups of cheese, grated
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk

Instructions:


1. Preheat your oven to 200C / 400 F.
2. Grease a 9 inch pie pan and set aside.

For the Potato Crust:

1. Using a cloth or your hands, squeeze the liquid out of the shredded potatos. (I used my hands as I am lazy and impatient person!!)
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the potato, onion, egg, salt and flour.
3. Mix well and transfer to the pie pan. Pat it down so that it is flat, using a spatula or your good ol' fingers.

4. Bake for about 20-30 min
5. Take out the pan and brush the top of the crust with alittle oil and return to the oven for another 10 min.
6. Take out the crust and reduce the temperature of the oven to 175C / 350F.

For the Filling:

1. In a large frying pan, heat the oil until very hot.
2. Reduce the heat to medium and saute the onion, garlic, thyme, paprika, salt & pepper for about 8-10 min.
3. Stir the cauliflower into the mix and let it cook for about 15 min.

The Assembly:

1. Spread 1/2 the grated cheese onto the crust.

2. Spoon the cauliflower mix next and sprinkle the remaining cheese over that.
3. Beat the milk and eggs together in a seperate bowl and pour over the cauliflower and cheese.
4. Sprinkle a bit of paprika over the mixture

5. Bake for 35-40 min or until the pie is set and the top is slightly browned.

This is a perfect recipe for those of you who don't eat meat and it's extremely filling! I hope you try it and enjoy it :)

Love,
Keshi

P.S: Did you know that 100g of cauliflower contains only 26 calories?? AND it is super packed with minerals and vitamins! Eat more cauliflower everyone!