Cauliflower macaroni cheese

Heather made this one last week after seeing a meat version of it on Jamie Oliver's 30 minute meals. I never would have thought of putting breadcrumbs on any kind of pasta bake, they go so well with it.


Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower
500g macaroni
250g mature cheddar
4 slices of bread
2 cloves of garlic
250g crème fraîche
Rosemary
Olive oil

(Optional to add when serving:)
Parmesan cheese


Preparation:

1) Remove outer leaves from the cauliflower and cut it into 4 big pieces. Put those and the macaroni in a large saucepan and cover with boiling water.

2) Add some salt, pepper and olive oil, then put on high heat to cook. While that's cooking, pre-heat the oven to 220C (425F).

3) To make the breadcrumbs: Crumble the bread finely while adding the rosemary and a little olive oil. Or if you have a food processor that'll make it faster.

4) When the pasta and cauliflower are cooked, take them out of the saucepan but keep the water you cooked them in.

5) Get a deep dish or baking tray that you'll be putting in the oven, and put the macaroni and cauliflower in it. Add about 400ml of the cooking water and break the cauliflower up into bite size pieces.

6) Grate the cheddar and crush the garlic and in a bowl mix these with the crème fraîche. Add this mixture to the baking dish and stir well through the macaroni and cauliflower.

7) Once you have this all mixed and spread evenly over the dish, sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top.

8) Cook in the top shelf of the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until it starts bubbling and the breadcrumbs on top are going brown.

9) Add some parmesan on top if desired when serving.