It’s like nature itself has given us a unique chance - to bite flowers! It is no secret that this variety - cauliflower - is distinguished by developed inflorescences, and it is them that we eat. Of course, most novice cooks do not think too much about this, do not know this fact: they are most interested in what to cook with cauliflower for. Well, there are a lot of options here, and the inflorescences themselves have a wide variety of dishes. Let's try to cook?
Pleasant taste and benefits
The excellent vitamin qualities and benefits of this vegetable unwittingly lead to the question of how to cook cauliflower tasty? Recipes involving ripe inflorescences, as well as with other types of vegetables, are traditionally diverse. These are soups, and all kinds of casseroles, and stews, and even salads. Cauliflower dishes often use a cooked product as an ingredient. And also - bake raw, pickled. And I must say that pickled cauliflower has a very piquant taste with a delicate and moderately crispy structure. Often the vegetable is fried, here you can recall the famous recipe "In batter" or - bread-dried, cauliflower with eggs.
What and how to cook
Cooking is best done in stainless steel cookware over low heat. Cabbage contains sulfur, which can contribute to gasification, and this cooking method helps to avoid undesirable effects. Below we will explain how to cook cauliflower in a pressure cooker (all the utilities contained in the vegetable are best preserved here). For the same purpose - preservation of vitamins - prepare cauliflower in a double boiler or in a slow cooker. In addition, very appetizing, with an invariable crisp, it will turn out in the oven. Baked in the oven can be made from both raw and boiled constituents.
In terms of the basic rule, it should be recalled how easy it is to cook cauliflower so that it turns out to be as tasty as possible. It should not be too digested and overcooked, otherwise it will be tasteless, not very useful. By the way, a recipe from a raw ingredient is also available. Such an option, as, for example, make raw cabbage salad. However, it should be recalled that such a rude food is not suitable for any stomach. And cooking using heat treatment is safer in this sense. For example, the best recipe for cauliflower is roasting with cheese. Or - cream soup with cauliflower, or - casserole from it, or - fried in batter. As you can see, you can choose a dish for almost any. Undoubtedly, they will be useful to both vegetarians and fasting. So stock up on this product, choose recipes for your relish and enjoy the wonderful vegetable (or rather, its inflorescences).
How to cook cauliflower? Pan recipe
The whole secret of this dish is that the pre-prepared main ingredient is quickly fried in lean oil and immediately served on the table. We will need: a kilo of cabbage, sorted into inflorescences, frying oil (it is advisable to take olive, but you can get by with sunflower), half a glass of bread crumbs (or very small crackers), garlic, parsley, salt / pepper to taste.
We just cook
- In a bowl, mix the cauliflower inflorescences with 2 tablespoons of water. We put it in the microwave and cook at high power for about 5 minutes, until the ingredient is semi-soft. Then take out and cool. Drain on a leaf.
- In a large non-stick skillet over medium heat, heat lean oil. Pour bread crumbs / crackers onto a heated frying pan with butter and cook until golden (usually about 3 minutes are enough). Pour crackers in a separate bowl.
- In a pan, heat another spoonful of oil and spread crushed garlic. In the oil with garlic, spread the cauliflower inflorescences and cook until golden (about 5 minutes). Sprinkle the fried cabbage with breadcrumbs, then - parsley, salt, pepper, mix.
- Serve on the table as an independent dish or a delicious side dish. Now you know how to cook cauliflower in a pan in the fastest way: for everything - it takes no more than 15-20 minutes to do everything, well, a maximum of half an hour. You can also not put the main ingredient in the microwave, but boil it a little until half-ready.
Breaded
How to cook cauliflower tasty in a pan? To do this, there is a good proven way - frying in batter. We will need simple ingredients: a kilo of inflorescences, half a glass of flour, four pieces of egg, lean butter, hard cheese - any, spices for taste.
We carefully disassemble the main ingredient into inflorescences. We make sure that the pieces are not too large, otherwise they may remain solid during the preparation of the dish. All pieces must be thoroughly washed and cooked for up to 15 minutes in slightly salted water in a pan.
Separately, prepare batter: spices, eggs, flour. It is advisable to make the batter thicker. Then the frying process will not cause additional nuances. If you adore the salty, feel free to add a little salt to the dough, just do not be too zealous.
Dip the pieces of inflorescences in batter and fry until golden. Before putting the cabbage in a frying pan, make sure that the vegetable oil has already warmed up enough, otherwise the batter will burn (the test can be done by slightly dropping water on the oil).
We rub the cheese coarsely and sprinkle them with hot, already prepared cabbage. Serve the food on the table. You can decorate with greens. By the way, some cooks add cheese to the batter itself, and this version of the test also has its right to life.
Casserole with Chicken and Cauliflower
How to cook cauliflower? Of course, the easiest way to do this is with chicken. This ingredient is quite cheap and affordable, but it will turn out delicious! Ingredients for the meal: half a kilo of inflorescences, grams of three hundred chicken fillets, half a glass of cream (you can substitute milk with fat, but then you need to take a little more), 100 grams of hard cheese, 3 raw eggs, a couple of cloves of garlic, salt and greens.
The cooking process is very simple. First, we sort the cabbage into inflorescences, rinse. Boil in a pan for 10-15 minutes (do not digest). Boil the filet in a separate bowl. Cool and cut into not too large pieces (in proportion to the inflorescences). We mix these two main ingredients in a prepared baking dish. We prepare the sauce: cream, eggs, garlic crushed with a fork, a little salt. Pour the tiled mass into the mold with the resulting sauce. Above are shallow greens and grated cheese. Cook the casserole in the oven at 160-180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Soup with mashed cauliflower
What to cook with cauliflower yet? We recommend an excellent first dish that can be used both as a holiday and as a casual one - universally. We will need:
a pound of cauliflower, water, a few potatoes, a couple of carrots, 1 processed cheese (not a cheese product but a real one), cream, fresh herbs.
Boil the vegetables and cut into small cubes. We put the processed cheese briefly in the freezer so that it is hard (do not hold it for a long time, it will freeze, which means it will lose its taste). Three large coarsely prepared cheese on a grater, mix with vegetables, then beat the mass with a blender.
We put a pan with a vegetable mass with cheese on a small fire, add cream and a little water (so that the soup does not lose its density). Bring to a boil, salt, remove the dishes from the fire. Before serving at the table, pour the dish in portions and sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs.
Hash browns: how to cook cauliflower tasty
A step-by-step recipe for preparing a dish will require very little time and effort, but it turns out unusual and very tasty. We need: a kilo of cauliflower, a couple of eggs, half a glass of sifted wheat flour, a few tablespoons of mayonnaise, a baking powder for dough on the tip of a knife, a bit of salt and a mixture of peppers, vegetable oil for frying.
Using a knife, we disassemble the head of cabbage into small "spare parts", slightly soak in salt water (about an hour and a half), drain the water, dry the inflorescences and chop smaller.
In the main ingredient add eggs and flour, mayonnaise and baking powder. From the prepared mass (it should be thick, but flowing, approximately, as for ordinary fritters) in vegetable oil, fry the flowing drops on both sides. You can "drip" a tablespoon or a small ladle. And the optimal sauce for the dish would be sour cream of medium fat content. You can add crushed garlic and spices to your taste.
Salad
How else to cook cauliflower? A step-by-step recipe for a simple cauliflower salad will delight your friends or friends who have looked at the light.
Ingredients: a pound of inflorescences, a couple of tomatoes, a couple of cucumbers (both fresh and fresh), vegetable oil (it is better to take from olives), a couple of onions, salt-sugar - according to personal preference.
Boil the cabbage until tender, so that the head is already soft (you need to salt the water). We sort the cabbage into inflorescences, and cut the cucumbers with tomatoes into small cubes. Onion - half-ring. The salad is seasoned with oil, a little salt with sugar is added at the discretion. Everything is thoroughly mixed - and a delicious simple salad is ready to eat, you can go to the table!
Cutlets
And finally - delicious and delicate cutlets that can become an ornament to any, even a festive table. Ingredients for the dish: a cabbage of cauliflower, a white loaf of bread, a couple of raw eggs, a half glass of milk, an incomplete glass of wheat flour, 200 grams of hard cheese, a couple of cloves of garlic.
We just cook
Soak the flesh of a loaf of bread in milk, so that the cutlets are soft and juicier. We disassemble the cabbage, rinse and boil in salt water (up to 7 minutes). Cool, pass through a meat grinder. Separate the yolks from the proteins and add to the cabbage. We also send a loaf there, stir in flour, pepper and salt. But the proteins must be thoroughly beaten to foam and carefully introduced into the total mass. We form cutlets and fry them on both sides in vegetable oil. Bon appetit to all!