Truffled Cauliflower Gratin

• 7 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups milk
• 5 ounces truffled pecorino cheese, grated, or more to taste
• 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more to taste
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1 large head cauliflower, cored and separated into florets
• 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
• 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives, or to taste

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk flour into butter; cook and stir until raw flour taste cooks off, 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Gradually whisk milk into flour mixture. Increase heat to medium-high; cook and stir until mixture thickens and comes to a simmer, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir truffled pecorino cheese, salt, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg into milk mixture until cheese sauce is thick.
4. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add cauliflower and cook until slightly tender, about 6 minutes. Drain and transfer cauliflower to prepared baking dish. Spread cheese sauce evenly over cauliflower. Dust with bread crumbs, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; drizzle olive oil over the top and sprinkle with a pinch of cayenne pepper.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes. Garnish with chopped fresh chives.

butter, allpurpose, milk, pecorino cheese, salt, cayenne pepper, ground nutmeg, head cauliflower, bread crumbs, cheese, extravirgin olive oil, fresh chives

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/240751/truffled-cauliflower-gratin/ (may not work)