Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole. A tasty and flavorful way to cook cauliflower in a different way than usual.

It’s perfect for many occasions: as a main dish for a quick family dinner, as a side dish in a meat menu for lunches and dinners with friends or relatives, and even as a substantial appetizer.

This casserole can also be prepared the day before and is perfect for a “lunchbox” break during the week or a picnic.

To prepare this cauliflower casserole, we will use a few inexpensive ingredients: cauliflower, potatoes, smoked scamorza for the filling, and then eggs, grated cheese, and breadcrumbs to give texture to the casserole mixture. Finally, we will use oil, pepper, salt, and parsley for seasoning and flavor.

For a richer version, you can add slices of cooked ham in the center.

Obviously, all the ingredients can be replaced according to your personal taste.

You can also stuff it with whatever you have left in the fridge, roughly following the quantities suggested in this recipe, to make a deliciously creative “fridge-emptying” recipe.

Cauliflower recipes are among my favorites; moreover, it’s a vegetable that’s very good for you. In autumn, it’s nice to bring it to the table both as a main course like Cauliflower Pasta and as a side dish like the cauliflower strudel. If you don’t like the smell during cooking, try immersing a piece of bread soaked in vinegar in the boiling water!

Regarding cooking methods, I have included both oven and air fryer with times and temperatures.

Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Inexpensive
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 4 People
Cooking methods: Air Frying, Electric Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Autumn, Winter, and Spring

330.04 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 330.04 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 26.67 (g) of which sugars 3.45 (g)
Proteins 19.14 (g)
Fat 17.22 (g) of which saturated 9.09 (g)of which unsaturated 5.05 (g)
Fibers 4.41 (g)
Sodium 950.95 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 200 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole

1 kg cauliflower
500 g potatoes
2 eggs
200 g provola (or scamorza or mozzarella or other cheese)
80 g parmesan
60 g breadcrumbs (+ for the baking dish)
to taste parsley
salt
to taste pepper
to taste extra virgin olive oil

Tools

Pot
Baking Dish
Air Fryers

Steps

Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole

Clean the cauliflower, remove the tough central part, and cut it into florets.
(Do not discard the tougher central stem; you can use it, cut into small pieces, for a vegetable soup).
Peel the potatoes and rinse them thoroughly.
Cut the potatoes into chunks.
Boil both the cauliflower and potatoes in salted boiling water for 15/20 minutes.
Once cooked, drain them and transfer to a bowl, allowing them to cool slightly.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Now mash everything with a fork to create a purée.
Add the eggs, grated cheese, and mix the mixture well.
Also add the chopped parsley, oil, and mix everything well.
Take a baking dish and grease it, then sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Pour half of the cauliflower and potato mixture and level it well over the entire surface of the baking dish.
Add the sliced scamorza cheese.
Add the remaining cauliflower and potato mixture, and level it well.
Sprinkle the surface with plenty of breadcrumbs for a tasty gratin.
Finally, drizzle with some oil and bake in a fan-assisted oven at 375 °F for 35 minutes.
Air fryer cooking at 375 °F for 25 minutes.
(Tip for air fryer cooking: adhere to these parameters, with a maximum height of 1-1.5 inches. Cooking is complete in 20/25 minutes in a preheated air fryer at 375°F. If your basket is wide, you can prepare using even more cauliflower and potatoes, always with a quarter-hour of cooking, just maintain this height).
(Obviously check, as each air fryer has its own times).
Serve the cauliflower and potato casserole hot, with the cheesy scamorza!
Delicious!
Enjoy your meal.