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Roasted Cauliflower

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.

50K 6 4.3

Last modified on: March 27^th 2016

Keywords for this recipe:Roasting cauliflower Grilled Butter Herbs

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

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
33 min.	10 min.	29 min.	1 hour 12 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
428 Kcal or 1,792 Kj	20 gr	30 gr	25 gr
21 %	8 %	3 %	4 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
42 Kcal or 176 Kj	2 gr	3 gr	2 gr
2 %	1 %	<1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
107 Kcal or 448 Kj	5 gr	8 gr	6 gr
5 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 1.61 €
Per person : 0.40 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , Cauliflower and chickpea salad, Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, How to prepare cauliflower, Cauliflower, chicken and avocado salad, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oat shortbread biscuits, Marchand de vin sauce, Green beans with tomatoes, Caramelised apple pie, Hearty leek and sprout soup, ... All
	Thyme: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Preserved tomatoes, Baker's chicken and potato tart, Spicy seafood plancha, Vietnamese prawns, Simple mushroom salad with thyme and lemon, 3 ways, ... All
	Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cream of cauliflower soup with smoked haddock , Mushroom velouté, Olive and pesto bread, Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Kouign-amann, ... All

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