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Baked Cauliflower with Cheese Casserole
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Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 8
Calories: 517 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 small heads cauliflower cut into florets
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 cups shredded gruyere cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 slices cooked bacon crumbled
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped chives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil.
- Once boiling add the chopped cauliflower. Boil for 5 minutes or until cauliflower is slightly softened. Drain water and set cauliflower aside.
- Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add butter and let it melt. Add garlic and allow it to cook for about 1 minute.
- Add the heavy cream to the butter mixture and bring to a boil then lower to a simmer.
- Add cream cheese and Gruyere cheese stirring until it has melted. Add salt and pepper too taste.
- Continue stirring over medium heat until the sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes.
- Add cauliflower to a greased casserole dish.
- Pour cheese mixture over the cauliflower and then top with cooked, crumbled bacon, and shredded cheddar cheese.
- Coverthe baking dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes or until the cauliflower isfork-tender and the cheese has melted.
- Garnish with chives before serving.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
517kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
19g
(38%)
Fat
45g
(69%)
Saturated Fat
27g
(135%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
11g
Cholesterol
158mg
(53%)
Sodium
590mg
(25%)
Potassium
518mg
(15%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
1550IU
(31%)
Vitamin C
92.4mg
(103%)
Calcium
450mg
(45%)
Iron
0.9mg
(5%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 517
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 517kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 19g | 38% |
| Fat | 45g | 69% |
| Saturated Fat | 27g | 135% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 158mg | 53% |
| Sodium | 590mg | 25% |
| Potassium | 518mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 1550IU | 31% |
| Vitamin C | 92.4mg | 103% |
| Calcium | 450mg | 45% |
| Iron | 0.9mg | 5% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.