Light Creamy Cauliflower Recipes

Steps:

• Place egg in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel, and chop.
• Toss cauliflower florets, tomatoes, bacon bits, cheese, and eggs together in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, dissolve sugar into vinegar and lemon. Whisk in mayonnaise until thoroughly combined.
• Pour dressing over salad, and toss gently to coat. Cover and refrigerate until well-chilled. Toss again gently, and serve.

Steps:

• Put the milk, quartered onion, mace and bay leaves in a pan, and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat, set aside for 1 hr to infuse, then strain.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pan of water to the boil. Tip in the cauliflower and cook for 5 mins until just tender. Drain and set aside, uncovered, in a colander to steam-dry.
• Put the pan back on the heat, then add the knob of butter and the chopped onion. Gently soften onion for 10 mins until really soft but not coloured.
• In a medium-sized pan, melt the butter, then stir in the flour to form a paste. Cook for 2 mins, then gradually stir in the strained milk to form a smooth sauce. Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring often, until thickened and smooth. Stir in the softened onion and season well with salt and nutmeg.
• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the cauliflower into an ovenproof dish and pour over the sauce. Can be covered and chilled for up to 2 days at this stage or frozen. Scatter the cauliflower with the breadcrumbs, then bake for 30 mins until the sauce is bubbling and the top is golden and crisp.

Steps:

• Heat cauliflower in microwave for 5 minutes.
• Set aside.
• In a microwave safe container combine mayonnaise, sour cream, Dijon and parmesan cheese; heat in microwave for 1 1/2 minutes.
• Spoon over cauliflower.
• Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts.
• Serve.
• Tip: Toasted almonds are also very good.

Steps:

• Wash cauliflower and remove leaves and woody stem.
• Break into floweretts. (You should have about 4 cups.)
• In a medium saucepan cook cauliflower, covered, in a small amount of boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Drain.
• In the same saucepan cook onion in margarine or butter until onion is tender but not brown.
• Stir in the flour, salt, pepper, and ground red pepper.
• Add half-and-half, light cream, or milk all at once.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Add cheese, stirring until cheese melts.
• Stir in cooked cauliflower.
• Transfer mixture to a 1-quart casserole.
• Bake in a 350 degree F oven about 15 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle the top with the snipped parsley.

Steps:

• Place 1 tlbs parsley, lemon peel and about 1 inch of water in a large saucepan.
• Place cauliflower in steamer basket and place in saucepan.
• Bring water to a boil over medium heat.
• Cover and steam 14 to 16 minutes or until cauliflower is crisp-tender.
• Remove to large bowl; keep warm.
• Reserve 1/2 cup hot liquid.
• Heat margarine (or butter) in small saucepan over medium heat.
• Add garlic; cook and stir 2 to 4 minutes or until soft.
• Stir in lemon juice and reserved liquid.
• Spoon lemon sauce over cauliflower.
• Sprinkle with remaining 3 tbls parsley and cheese before serving .
• Garnish with lemon slices, if desired.

Steps:

• Pour 1/2 cup vegetable broth into a large saucepan.
• Bring to boil over med-high heat& cook onion& leek, reducing heat to medium, and stirring often until vegetables are soft, (about 7 minutes).
• Add rest of broth, cauliflower& potatoes.
• Bring to boil over med-high heat.
• Cover& reduce heat to medium low,& simmer until potatoes& cauliflower are soft enough to puree.
• Using a food processor or immersion blender, puree the soup then return to pot to gently warm.
• Add salt& freshly ground pepper to taste.