Very, very easy. The only thing to remember is to thaw out any frozen or chilled ingredients beforehand. Although things like frozen peas and corn can be added directly to the boiling water.
Ingredients
| 1 packet | flaky pastry, at room temperature |
| 2 tbsp | butter |
| 2 tbsp | flour |
| ½ litre | milk |
| lots of | grated cheese |
| assorted veg. defrosted/peeled/chopped into bite sized pieces (peas, corn, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, potato etc.) |
Method
- Prepare all the veg. depending on the types chosen. Peel and chop potato, carrots, etc. into bite sized pieces. Chop up broccoli or cauliflower and the like into florets. Defrost frozen peas and sweetcorn and so on.
- Simmer the veg. in a pan of salted water until lightly cooked. This can all be done in the same pan if tipped in at different times (e.g. root veg first, then florets, then smaller podded veg). Drain the veg.
- Make a cheese sauce, by melting the butter in a pan and cooking the flour in it. Then, add the milk slowly, mixing all the time to avoid lumps. Finally, add in the cheese and stir until smooth.
- Pour the drained veg. into the sauce and stir well. Tip into a casserole dish
- Roll out the pastry to roughly fit the top of the casserole. Score 2 or 3 short lines through the pastry in the centre to allow the steam out, then place on top of the cheesy veg mixture
- Bake for 20 to 25 mins at 200°C