Crisp, hardy cauliflower has a mild sweetness we love whether roasted simply or simmered with spices in a warming curry. During the cold days of winter, it's a bright spot in a sea of winter greens and squashes. If you're looking for a new recipe to change up your usual cauliflower routine, here are 12 great ones, including a comforting (yet surprisingly light) cauliflower and sausage casserole, a cauliflower and potato soup with dill whipped cream, and a Middle Eastern roasted cauliflower dressed with tahini and date syrup.
RECIPES ON THE KITCHN, PICTURED ABOVE
• 1 Cauliflower and Chicken Sausage Casserole
• 2 Cauliflower, Fennel and White Bean Winter Salad
• 3 Potato and Cauliflower Curry
• 4 Roasted Cauliflower and Potato Soup with Dill Whipped Cream
• 5 Edamame and Cauliflower Pasta Salad with Feta
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
• 6 Cauliflower Steaks with Harissa at The Year in Food
• 7 Spicy Cauliflower with Sesame at 101 Cookbooks
• 8 Cauliflower with Almonds, Raisins and Capers at Smitten Kitchen
• 9 Caramelized Cauliflower with Pancetta and Spinach at Food & Wine
• 10 Cauliflower with Rye Crumbs at Epicurious
• 11 Roasted Cauliflower with Date Syrup at Bon Appetit
• 12 Whole Baked Cauliflower with Tomato and Olive Sauce at Jamie Oliver
Do you have any favorite recipes for cauliflower?
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Great recipes...reminds me that I need to cook its cauliflower more often!
Ooh, I love cauliflower! We eat it all winter long. I like it best roasted, but I also love to add it to bisques because it adds such a velvety creaminess without cream.
I've got quite a few recipes (don't I always!) here, including cauliflower, spinach and tarragon faux souffle; cauliflower and beet bisque; cauliflower, white bean and almond bisque; vegetarian chili with cauliflower and two beans; spicy chickpeas with cauliflower, raisins and olives; Cauliflower steaks with brown butter, caraway seeds, and rosemary; curries, and stews and warm salads, oh my! ...
http://outoftheordinaryfood.com/?s=cauliflower+++&submit=Search
Photo of Edamame and Cauliflower Pasta Salad with Feta: where is the caulliflower?!
I need these recipes - it is often the orphaned veggie from my CSA box!
Love all the cauliflower recipes! Definitely going to have to experiment with dinners this week =)
I am on a huge cauliflower kick. I'm definitely going to have to try the casserole with chicken sausage. Last night I dumped a few chicken thighs, a few links of turkey italian sausage, and a bag of frozen caulflower in a casserole dish and threw it in the oven for a while. The cauliflower soaks up all the flavors (and, um, probably fat) and just melts in your mouth. So good!
I see lots of cauliflower in there! There's some in the foreground, a large floret in the back of the bowl, etc...
I could eat cauliflower all day long. I recently came up with a recipe for roasted cauliflower salad. After roasting the florets, you toss them with fluffy quinoa and a sweet-savory-spicy pesto of pinenuts, golden raisins, rosemary, and red pepper flakes. You can check out the recipe here:
Roasted Cauliflower and Quinoa Salad with Golden Pinenut Pesto
http://www.braisenwoman.com/2012/10/roasting-on-rainy-afternoon-recipe.html
I love cauliflower in salads, curries and soups. Probably my favourite though is In a sandwich. These are unique and super tasty: http://kaleeats.blogspot.ca/2012/06/cauliflower-olive-tapenade-sandwich.html?m=0#more
I'm interested in giving the salad with fennel and white bean a go. That's a new one for me, thanks the kitchn for the inspiring list
Those all sound so good! It will be hard to choose which one to start with.
I am not a big fan of cauliflower. However, my fresh market always has it and I always pick it up because I'm convinced there is a recipe out there that'll make me like it (my boyfriend loves the stuff so I want to use it more often than, you know, never). The best recipe I've found so far is for cauliflower fritters via the Smitten Kitchen:
http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2012/12/cauliflower-feta-fritters-with-pomegranate/
But are there any other cauliflower recipes that makes it taste less...vegetable-y? It usually turns into a spongy mess whenever I use it and that is just not tempting. Any suggestions?
NOM!!!
I got a food processor for Xmas, and one of the first things I made was Cauliflower "Rice." It was a definite hit.
The Tea & Sympathy cookbook has a recipe for cauliflower and cheese, which is incredibly delicious! I'm not a fan of cauliflower, but I love this stuff!