Three-cheese chorizo bake

Serves 4

Preparation: 15 min

Cooking: 25 min

• 1 chorizo sausage

• 40 g butter

• 1 onion, chopped

• 4 thyme sprigs

• 350 g cauliflower, blanched (see tip)

• 300 g broccoli, blanched

• salt and pepper

• 500 g cream cheese

• 80 ml (⅓ c) mozzarella cheese

• handful of chives, chopped

• 125 ml (½ c) Cheddar cheese

Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

1 Remove the casing from the chorizo. Transfer to a large pan and cook over medium heat, stirring and chopping to break up the meat as it cooks. Set aside.

2 Add the butter to the same pan and sauté the onion until translucent. Add the thyme, cauliflower and broccoli and sauté for 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

3 Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cream cheese, mozzarella, chives and cooked chorizo.

4 Spoon into a baking dish and sprinkle the Cheddar cheese on top. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden on top.

Tip: To blanch the vegetables, submerge them in rapidly boiling water for 90 seconds then remove with a slotted spoon and immediately dip into ice-cold water to stop the cooking process.

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