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Roasted Cauliflower

Name: Roasted Cauliflower
Prep time: 43 min
Cook time: 29 min
Total time: 1 h 12 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 30 g butter; Herbs of your choice; 1 kg cauliflower; 4 sprigs thyme; Salt; Pepper

Roasting cauliflower in the oven is a delicious way to enjoy the vegetable: golden-brown on the outside and melt-in-the-mouth inside.

In this recipe, the cauliflower is blanched first, then brushed with herb butter before roasting in the oven.

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Duration

1 hour 15 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: March 27^th 2016

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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 for this recipe

Preparation

35 min.

Resting

10 min.

Cooking

30 min.

All in all

1 hour 15 min.

Preparation 35 min.

Resting 10 min.

Cooking 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Melt 30 g butter in a small pan on low heat and bring to the boil.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

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.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Strain through a very fine strainer...

Stage 4

...to finish your herb butter.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 20 min.

Prepare the cauliflower and separate into medium-sized florets.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 4 min.

Blanch the cauliflower in salted boiling water for 4 minutes.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Drain thoroughly.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Lay the cauliflower florets on a baking sheet.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 4 min.

Brush with the herb butter.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Lightly salt and pepper the cauliflower and scatter a few thyme leaves on the top.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 20 min.

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.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	1 g RDI=3 %	2 g RDI=1 %	2 g RDI=3 %	41 kcal RDI=2 %	174 kJ RDI=2 %
Per person	5 g RDI=8 %	7 g RDI=3 %	6 g RDI=9 %	106 kcal RDI=5 %	448 kJ RDI=5 %
Whole recipe	20 g RDI=31 %	30 g RDI=11 %	25 g RDI=35 %	427 kcal RDI=21 %	1,791 kJ RDI=21 %