Cauliflower Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• To prepare the cauliflower, pull and cut off the green leaves. Cut the head in half from the top to the bottom. Cut out the core, and then cut the top into smaller pieces leaving some stem attached. You want bite-sized florets that look like little trees of cauliflower.
• Toss the cauliflower with olive oil and salt and place in the oven. Roast the cauliflower for 20 minutes.
• While the cauliflower is roasting, puree the capers, garlic, vinegar, and parsley in a food processor. While the machine is running, drizzle in 1/4 cup olive oil. Taste and season with salt, if needed.
• Toss the roasted cauliflower with the vinaigrette and sprinkle with the raisins.

Steps:

• Make the dressing by whisking all the ingredients together with some seasoning in a large bowl, then set aside.
• Bring a large pan of water to the boil, cook the cauliflower for 5-7 mins until just cooked, then drain well. While the cauliflower is still hot, toss it with the dressing and leave to cool. Just before serving, add the red onion, capers and parsley.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• For the cauliflower salad: Remove the core and leaves from the cauliflower, then use your hands and a knife to break apart and coarsely chop the florets into about 2- to 3-inch pieces. Spread on a baking sheet and drizzle generously with the oil. Season with salt. Toss to coat, then roast until the cauliflower is tender and slightly crisp around the edges, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the caper vinaigrette: Combine the garlic, lemon zest and juice, oil, vinegar, parsley, capers, honey, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
• Transfer the cauliflower to a large bowl. Add the dates, almonds, cranberries and capers. Pour in about 1/3 cup of the dressing and toss to coat evenly. Taste and add additional dressing as desired (you won't need all of it). Sprinkle with the crushed red pepper flakes if desired and serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Set a steamer basket inside a large, deep pot, and add water to a depth of ½ to 1 inch - just below the bottom of the steamer.
• Rinse and trim the cauliflower. Place them in the steamer, cover, and steam for 15-20 minutes.
• By this point, they should be tender and should have changed in color from a raw, opaque white to a slightly more translucent, yellowy off-white.
• Meanwhile, combine the oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and nutmeg in a small bowl, whisking to mix well.
• When the cauliflower is ready, gently transfer them from the steamer to a medium baking dish or small roasting pan, something just large enough to hold the two heads side by side.
• Using a pastry brush, paint the cauliflower with the oil mixture. Cover the pan with aluminum foil, and place it in the oven. Roast the cauliflower for 30 minutes, basting every ten minutes. [You should have just enough of the oil mixture for three light bastings in total, including the first one.]
• Remove the foil, and continue to bake for another 10-20 minutes, until the cauliflower is pale golden and a knife can be easily inserted into its core.
• Serve hot or warm, with vinaigrette.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in lower third.
• Cut cauliflower lengthwise into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Put in a large 4-sided sheet pan and toss with 2 tablespoon oil and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Roast, turning once or twice, until golden and just tender, about 25 minutes.
• While cauliflower roasts, mince and mash garlic to a paste with a pinch of salt, then whisk together with lemon juice, remaining 2 tablespoons oil, olives, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Serve cauliflower drizzled with Kalamata vinaigrette.

Steps:

• Set a steamer basket in a saucepan with 2 inches simmering water. Add cauliflower, cover, and steam until tender, 10 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish. Repeat with broccoli.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium-high until crisp, about 8 minutes, flipping once. With tongs, transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Reduce heat to medium, add shallot, and cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Carefully whisk in sherry vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Immediately pour over vegetables. Crumble bacon and add to vegetables; toss to combine.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mash garlic and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a paste. Toss with walnuts, Parmesan, and 2 tablespoons oil. Roast on a rimmed baking sheet until golden, 7 to 10 minutes. Let cool.
• Cut cauliflower into 1-inch-thick planks. Steam in a pot of salted boiling water fitted with a steamer basket until crisp-tender, about 7 minutes.
• Finely chop roasted nuts; toss with capers, parsley, vinegar, and remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide cauliflower among plates, spoon on vinaigrette, drizzle with more oil, and serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put cauliflower in roasting pan, drizzle with 3 tablespoons oil and some salt and pepper; toss. Roast, turning once or twice, for 15 minutes or so, until cauliflower just starts to soften.
• Meanwhile, make vinaigrette by combining remaining oil with vinegar, anchovies and a little salt and pepper; taste and adjust seasoning. Remove pan, drizzle cauliflower with 2 tablespoons of vinaigrette, and toss. Roast, turning once, until a thin-bladed knife pierces a piece with little resistance, for 15 minutes. (Recipe may be cooled at this point, covered tightly and refrigerated for 2 days.)
• At the last minute, put cauliflower in a salad bowl and add raisins, parsley and remaining vinaigrette and toss. Taste and sprinkle with salt, if needed, and lots of pepper, then serve.

Steps:

• Trim away and discard the core of the cauliflower. Break the cauliflower into flowerettes.
• Cut the broccoli into flowerets. Peel the large stems and cut them into 1 1/2-inch lengths. Rinse and drain.
• In a saucepan large enough to hold the cauliflower and broccoli, bring enough water to a boil to cover the vegetables. Add salt. Add the cauliflower and simmer 6 minutes, then add the broccoli pieces. When the water returns to a boil, lower the heat and let simmer about 3 minutes.
• Drain well. Let cool.
• Put the mustard and vinegar in a bowl and whisk in the oil. Stir in the ginger and parsley or coriander. Add the cauliflower and broccoli, salt and pepper, toss and serve.

Steps:

• In a pot large enough to hold whole cauliflower head, set steamer basket in about 2 inches of very lightly salted boiling water.
• Set head firmly upright in basket and cover pot.
• (If head protrudes, cover pot with foil instead of lid.)
• On high heat, steam cauliflower for 11 to 15 minutes, until tender, checking water level and adding more if necessary.
• Remove cauliflower from steamer and place in colander to drain.
• In small bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
• Drizzle mixture over cauliflower.
• Serve warm or cold.

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir bacon until softened, but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add cauliflower and continue to cook until cauliflower is lightly browned, stirring frequently, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir tomatoes and garlic into cauliflower mixture, cooking for 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken stock, balsamic vinegar, sugar, and anchovy paste and mix.
• Cover skillet and reduce heat to low; simmer until cauliflower is tender, about 5 minutes more. Remove lid and increase heat to medium-high. Continue cooking until liquid is reduced, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with parsley to serve.