Cauliflower Cheese

A must have side dish to corned beef, a winterBBQ or roast lamb, chicken or beef. Or a vegetarian main dish.

1 head of cauliflower as white as you can find.
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
grated cheese, lots if you are bad like us
ground pepper

Trim the cauliflower into little servings about the size of a mandarin, and steam lightly.
Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour for about a minute till well mixed and the flour cooked.
With a balloon whisk, stir in the milk and keep stirring till sauce thickens and boils.
Turn off and mix in a good handful of grated cheese and some pepper. Some cayenne is nice here too if you like it spicy.
Put the cauliflower into a greased pyrex dish and pour over the sauce.
Sprinkle top with more grated cheese and bake in a moderate oven about 30 minutes till golden and luscious.
You can mix some broccoli in with the cauliflower if you like and you can mix some breadcrumbs with the cheese if you like some crunch.