Cauliflower with potatoes, baked

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 head of cauliflower
• 500 g potatoes
• Cheese (Emmental/Gouda), grated
• bacon
• Flour
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup of sweet cream
• Oil (olive oil)

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour

First bring water to a boil. Add a little olive oil and salt to the water. Add the cauliflower whole to the water (cook until crisp or almost done, depending on your taste). In the meantime, peel the potatoes and slice them into small fried potato slices. Fry these fried potato slices in a pan (a little pepper, salt, and herbs of your choice). Now remove the cauliflower from the water and reserve the cauliflower water. Place the cauliflower in a baking dish. If possible, the cauliflower should slightly overhang the top opening and there should be enough space around the cauliflower for the potatoes. Arrange the fried potato slices around the cauliflower. Use the water you saved from cooking the cauliflower to make a white sauce. To do this, add a little oil/butter to a hot pan, stir in a little flour, and then pour in a little of the cauliflower water. Thicken, stirring constantly, until the right consistency is reached. Now add half a cup of cream, bring to a boil, and season with salt and pepper. Now we place the slices of bacon over the cauliflower and pour the white sauce over the bacon, allowing it to run down the cauliflower and potatoes and collect at the bottom of the dish (the sauce should be at least one-third full of the dish). Now we sprinkle the whole thing with the grated cheese and bake in the preheated oven at approximately 200°C for about 20-30 minutes.