Roasted Cauliflower

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 30 g butter
• 2 Herbs of your choice
• 3 1 kg cauliflower
• 4 4 sprigs thyme
• 5 Salt
• 6 Pepper
• Total weight: 1,030 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	10 min.	30 min.	1 hour 15 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Melt 30 g butter in a small pan on low heat and bring to the boil.
• 2: Toss your chosen herbs into the butter (thyme, bay, rosemary and sage shown here).
  Leave on low heat for 2 minutes, then take off the heat and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
• 3: Strain through a very fine strainer...
• 4: ...to finish your herb butter.
• 5: Prepare the cauliflower and separate into medium-sized florets.
• 6: Blanch the cauliflower in salted boiling water for 4 minutes.
• 7: Drain thoroughly.
  Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
• 8: Lay the cauliflower florets on a baking sheet.
• 9: Brush with the herb butter.
• 10: Lightly salt and pepper the cauliflower and scatter a few thyme leaves on the top.
• 11: Roast for about 20 minutes until the cauliflower is nicely browned.

Remarks

For the herb butter, choose herbs that can be used either fresh or dried (thyme, bay, etc), or a mix such as Herbes de Provence.

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