Roasted cauliflower


Roasted cauliflower
This is how Yotam Ottolenghi does roasted cauliflower: whole, served with a green parsley tahini sauce.
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Last modified on: April 19th 2020
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.
Resting: 10 min.
Cooking: 2 hours 10 min.
All in all: 2 hours 35 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 1
Trim 1 cauliflower, only keeping the best of the leaves around the base and cutting these back to half their length.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 2
Put a small dessert ring in the bottom of a large pan of salted boiling water.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 10 min.
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 3
Sit the cauliflower on the ring, head downwards. It doesn't matter if the end is slighty above the water level.

Cook until barely tender.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 10 min.
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 4
Take out of the pan and drain, still head downwards, in a colander.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 5
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Put 30 g butter in a ramekin and melt (in the microwave, for example). Add 3 tablespoons olive oil and mix well.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 6
Sit the cauliflower right way up on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Use a brush to coat the cauliflower thoroughly all over with the butter-oil mixture, including the leaves. Put in the oven.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 hours
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 7
Take out the baking sheet 2 or 3 times during cooking and brush the cauliflower again with the butter+oil.

Stage 8
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 8
Take the cauliflower out of the oven when it is nicely browned (this will take an hour and a half to 2 hours) and the surrounding leaves are charred and crispy, almost burnt.

Stage 9
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 9
To serve, place the cauliflower in the centre of the table for everyone to help themselves to well-roasted morsels...

Stage 10
Roasted cauliflower : Stage 10
...and dip them in the green sauce before eating.

You'll love this!
Remarks
You can serve this with lemon mayonnaise or rémoulade dressing instead of the green sauce.
Keeping: Should be eaten as soon as it comes out of the oven.
Source: Based on a recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe60 RDI=20 %70 RDI=6 %150 RDI=20 %1,380 RDI=70 %5,760 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g4 RDI=2 %4 RDI=0 %10 RDI=2 %100 RDI=5 %400 RDI: 5 %
Per person20 RDI=6 %20 RDI=2 %40 RDI=6 %340 RDI=20 %1,440 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Sesame
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 3.75 €
  • Per person : 0.95 €

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