Mini Cauliflower Cheese Cakes
After browsing Pinterest a few nights ago I came across some different ways to use cauliflower in meals. This started me off on some experimenting and the result was these little cauliflower cheese cakes.
This recipe will make a batch of 12, which will easily fill two of you - any more people and you’ll need some more because they’re fairly small. You can serve them up in small buns like little burgers or just simply have with a side of rocket for an added peppery taste. They also work great when you’re having friends over and you just want some quick bites.
Mini Cauliflower Cheese Cakes
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 12 cakes
Serving size: 40g
Calories per serving: 56
Fat per serving: 4g
Ingredients
- Half a cauliflower head
- 125g vegetarian cheddar
- 1 tsp freshly cracked black pepper
- 1 free range egg
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius / 392 degrees Fahrenheit / Gas mark 5.
- Roughly chop the cauliflower and add into a food processor to chop it into a finer crumb. If you don't have a food processor, don't worry - ours broke a few days ago so I actually just chopped it by hand and it worked fine (just took a little longer).
- Grate the cheese and add it to a large mixing bowl with the cauliflower, egg and black pepper. Mix everything well until it starts to feel a little more like a mixture.
- Lightly grease a muffin tray with some vegetable oil and spoon in around 1 and a half tablespoons of the mixture into each hole.
- Add the tray into the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
Nutrition
| Nutrition information | Per serving (40g) |
|---|---|
| Energy | 234kJ / 56kcal |
| Fat | 4g |
| of which saturates | 2.2g |
| Carbohydrate | 1.6g |
| of which sugars | 0.5g |
| Fibre | 0.5g |
| Protein | 3.4g |
| Salt | 0.2g |
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central for the ingredients as listed. Salt excludes seasoning added to taste. Values not shown could not be calculated reliably.
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