Cheesy Sweet Potato And Cauliflower - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 large orange fleshed sweet potatoes
1 small cauliflower, broken into florets
3 tablespoons snipped chives
salt and pepper
3 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
Cheese Sauce
2 ounces butter
2 ounces plain flour
1 1/4 pints milk
1 bay leaf
3 ounces parmesan cheese, grated
salt and pepper
freshly grated nutmeg

Preparation

Bake the sweet potatoes in a hot oven until tender. Set aside to cool for a few minutes. Put the cauliflower into a microwavable bowl, add a few TBS of water, cover with cling film and cook in the microwave for 5 minutes on high. Drain and set aside.
Prepare the cheese sauce as below. Preheat your grill.
Cut the sweet potatoes into wedges and lay them in the bottom of a greased oven proof dish. Drain the cauliflower and spoon it over the sweet potatoes. Spoon the hot cheese sauce over top (you may not need it all). Sprinkle with the grated cheese and the snipped chives. Grill for three to four minutes until golden and bubbling. Enjoy!
To make the cheese sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour, stirring until smooth. Let cook over low heat for one minute to cook the flour then slowly stir in the milk, whisking until smooth. Add the bay leaf and cook over medium low heat, stirring, for about 10 minutes until thickened. Remove the bay leaf. Stir in the cheese and season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.