Recipe: French Fried Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce (Sealtest, 1940)

FRENCH FRIED CAULIFLOWER WITH CHEESE SAUCE

1 head cauliflower
Salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
Dry bread crumbs
Cheese Sauce (recipe follows)

Break the cauliflower into flowerettes and cook in boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Drain and sprinkle with salt.

Dip in the slightly beaten egg mixed with the milk. Roll in crumbs.

Fry in deep hot fat (340 degrees F.) for 2 to 2 1/2 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with Cheese Sauce.

CHEESE SAUCE

2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 1/4 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
Few grains pepper
1 1/4 cups grated American cheese
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Melt the butter in a double boiler, add the flour and mix well. Add the milk gradually and cook, stirring constantly until thickened. Add salt, pepper, cheese and Worcestershire sauce and stir until the cheese is melted.

Serve on French fried cauliflower. This cheese sauce may also be served on broiled tomatoes, fried eggplant and broccoli.

Serves 6
Source: The Sealtest Food Adviser, Winter 1940, Sealtest, Inc.