Roasted Cauliflower
photo by BarbryT
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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2-3
ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil (I actually use less)
- salt
- fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F
- Trim and wash the whole head of cauliflower then slice it about 1/4 inch thick. There will be lots of small pieces and several large lacy slices. Place the cauliflower into a large bowl and drizzle on the olive oil, salt and pepper to taste, toss to coat.
- Spread the cauliflower evenly ontoa sheet pan and put in the oven.
- After about 10 minutes, stir them around to get the pieces on the edge of the pan moved towards the middle to encourage even browning, stir again every 5-10 minutes.
- This should take a total of 20 - 30 minutes to get nice browned crispy bits.
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VARIATION:
- Add 1 cup of dried, cooked chickpeas, and 1 medium red onion, cut into thick half rings before tossing with the oil and salt. This makes a delicious topping for a salad or for cooked pasta.
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Reviews
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Fantastic Recipe! Truly a keeper and one I will make many times over. Only changes made was the addition of 1 TBS of canned minced garlic. Honestly I can tell you without the additions it would have still been a 5 star recipe! I made special point to slightly burn the cauliflower and as a result they were even more spectacular. Thanks for agreat recipe!
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I had never heard of roasted cauliflower before, so I was intrigued by this recipe. I experimented with this at lunch one day when I was home alone. This was so good, I ate almost the whole head of cauliflower by myself. Very flavorful; it did not need any additional condiments. I purposely didn't eat it all because I wanted to see how this tasted at room temperature, so I let some cool to eat later. I definitely liked it better while hot.
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I never really knew how to cook growing up. Some of you in the Breads and Baking forum have heard my disastrous story about making Nestle Toll House cookies...
When I went to college and moved out of the dorms, I started to become interested in actually learning how to cook. I had a lactose intolerant boyfriend, and a limited budget, so it made sense to stop eating take-out pizza and Taco Bell every day. I have to credit The Dairy Free Cookbook by Jane Zukin as my first real guide. (I still cook out of it , even though the boyfriend is long gone!)
With that as a start, I set about systematically teaching myself how to cook.
Five years later, I'm getting a reputation from friends and family as being a good cook. I love baking bread from scratch (I could really become a sourdough freak - thanks Donna!) - I can't seem to make enough cinnamon raisin swirl to keep my mom and grandmother happy. I'm enjoying getting back to eating seasonally, eschewing over - processed prepared food in favor of simpler, healthier, better tasting, cheaper meals I make myself. When I set out to learn, I never imagined I'd be making stock, roasting whole chickens, baking bread, or shopping at our local farmer's market. Now I can't imagine going back to the way I used to eat.
I hope someday to learn enough about bread baking to open a local bakery/cafe, somewhere in Westport or Downtown Kansas City. I love my city, and the kind of place I have in mind will be a place that gives back to the community. I want to leave this city a better place for my having been here.
Here's my standard metric for how I review recipes here, because I want my reviews to be helpful and consistent:
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00*** Had to tweak it alot to get something I would make again.
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