Purple cauliflower recipe. Cauliflower baked with minced meat

If you have cauliflower in your fridge and you don’t know what to cook from it, then today’s selection will help you make something new and interesting. All recipes have a detailed description, so it will not be difficult to cook tasty.

• 4 tbsp butter;
• 1 head of cauliflower, cut into florets
• 1 head broccoli, also divided (optional, you can take 2 times more cauliflower);
• 1 glass of milk;
• 1 cup 10% cream;
• 1/4 cup flour;
• 100 g of cheese - grate;
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs;
• salt pepper.

Cooking:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Take a deep baking dish, grease with oil and put the cauliflower and broccoli, bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. While the cabbage is baking, you can prepare the sauce.
2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan or saucepan, then add the flour and stir constantly, cook for 3 minutes. Reduce heat to very low, add milk and cream. Increase the heat and stir constantly so that no lumps remain from the flour. When the mass is homogeneous, add grated cheese, salt, pepper and continue stirring until the cheese is melted.
3. By this time, the cabbage is baked, take it out of the oven, pour over the resulting sauce, mix and sprinkle with breadcrumbs on top.
4. Return the pan to the oven and bake for another 25-30 minutes until golden brown.

Oven baked cauliflower with tomatoes

If you're definitely out of ideas on what to cook with cauliflower, then the easiest answer is to roast it in the oven! What could be simpler and tastier, and with this recipe you will also need a small list of products, the main thing is to stock up on spices.

For 4 servings you need:

• about 500-700 g of cauliflower or 1 small head;
• 3 tomatoes;
• 30 ml of olive oil;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 1 tsp zira;
• 1/4 tsp turmeric;
• salt pepper

The preparation is very simple:

1. Disassemble the cauliflower into inflorescences, cut the tomatoes into slices. In a large bowl, mix them, squeeze out the garlic, add the turmeric, drizzle with olive oil and mix well.
2. Put the resulting mixture on a baking sheet, sprinkle with zira, salt.
3. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes until the cabbage is ready.

Fast and easy! This dish can be served on its own or with rice or noodles.

Cauliflower fritters

An unexpected but healthy and delicious recipe. For him you need to take:

• 400-500 g of cauliflower;
• 1 cup flour;
• 3 eggs;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• parsley;
• and oil for frying.

Cooking:

1. Cut the cabbage into small florets. Take a pot of water, add salt and put on fire, put the cabbage there and cook until cooked for about 15 minutes. Then drain the water and let cool.
2. In a large bowl, crush the florets with a fork, add eggs, flour, grated cheese, salt and chopped parsley, mix well.
3. Heat a skillet over medium heat, add oil. Using a spoon, put a little dough into the pan, fry for 2-3 minutes on each side until golden brown. Let the pancakes cool down a bit and you can serve.
4. When serving, you can sprinkle with cheese or pour sour cream.

Cauliflower soup

Puree soup is perhaps the most common recipe that can be made from cauliflower. There are many variations, with different ingredients, but cauliflower will always be the base. Below is a basic recipe that you can vary as you wish.

For it you will need:

• small head of cauliflower (about 0.4-0.5 kg)
• 1 onion;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• 4 cups water or vegetable broth;
• 1/2 cup grated cheese;
• salt, pepper and seasonings to taste.

Cooking:

1. Rinse the cabbage and divide into inflorescences.
   
2. Take a pan, put on fire, pour oil. Add the chopped onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is soft and golden.
   
3. Now lay out the cauliflower and pour everything with water / broth. Bring to a boil, season with salt and simmer for 15 minutes until cabbage is tender.
4. Remove the saucepan from the heat and puree the soup with a blender. Return the saucepan to the stove, add the grated cheese and, stirring, heat the soup until the cheese is completely melted.
   

The soup is ready! You can serve, when serving, decorate with herbs and crackers.

Cauliflower and Bacon Salad

For this simple salad you need:

• 1 small head of cauliflower;
• 1 head of small broccoli;
• 300 g bacon;
• 200 ml of mayonnaise;
• 1 tbsp vinegar;
• 1/2 cup sugar.

Cooking:

1. Cut broccoli and cauliflower into florets. Boil until cooked, cool.
2. Bacon fry or bake in the oven until crispy. You can cut it into small pieces.
3. Prepare salad dressing: Mix mayonnaise, vinegar and sugar in a bowl.
4. In a large salad bowl, toss the broccoli, cauliflower and bacon together, drizzle with the dressing and toss well.

Many people know the vitamin value of cauliflower. Indeed, in terms of composition, she is even ahead of her white-headed sister. But few people love it and cook it. After all, she has a rather specific taste. That is why I have prepared for you a selection of simple and delicious recipes for this healthy vegetable. By preparing dinner according to these recipes, you will see that cauliflower can also be delicious.

When someone says they don't like eating cauliflower, they are missing out on a lot. Indeed, in terms of its vitamin composition, this is a real storehouse of useful substances. You can grow it yourself in the garden, or buy it in a store. The main thing is to cook it tasty and properly so that everyone likes it.

If you have never encountered the cultivation of cauliflower, then you are unlikely to recognize this vegetable in its natural habitat. In the beds, it looks more like an ordinary head of cabbage than the very inflorescences that we are used to seeing on store shelves and in dishes.

So, if you decide to cook a healthy and tasty dish, then this article is for you. Stock up on the food list as we begin our culinary journey!

Menu:

1. Cauliflower casserole with cheese crust

To prepare this dish, you need a minimum of ingredients. However, it turns out it is very tasty, juicy, and, most importantly, healthy. After all, we will bake cabbage in the oven, with egg and cheese. Let's make this delicious treat together!

Ingredients:

• a kilogram of cauliflower (weigh exactly the inflorescences);
• 2 tablespoons of flour;
• 5 tablespoons of mayonnaise (preferably homemade);
• 5 raw eggs;
• hard cheese for sprinkling;
• some breadcrumbs;
• salt and ground pepper to taste.

Step by step recipe description:

1. Separate the inflorescences from the head. If your cabbage is large, then the buds can be cut into several pieces. To eliminate bitterness and ease of preparation, they need to be blanched. Bring a little salted water to a boil and boil the cabbage inflorescences there for about 10 minutes, until half cooked. Then drain the water.

2. Break the eggs into a bowl and mix until a uniform color. Strong peaks do not need to wait. Then add mayonnaise, ground pepper and, if desired, salt. I do not do this, since mayonnaise already contains salt. Now it's time for the flour. It also needs to be mixed into the mass.

3. Grease a baking sheet with a small amount of vegetable oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Spread the blanched cabbage in an even layer and pour over the egg sauce. Now it remains only to sprinkle the dish with grated cheese and you can send it to the oven. Bake at 200 degrees for about half an hour. The ruddy crust itself will tell you about readiness.

4. Delicious, tender and very healthy casserole is ready and waiting to be served. But before that, it needs to be cut into portioned pieces and, if desired, decorate. Help yourself!

2. Cauliflower Dishes - Pizza

People who are on a diet and just watching their figure know how much they sometimes want to eat all sorts of “harmful things”. Inventive lovers of delicious food over and over again come up with something new, light, but at the same time tasty. Now I want to show you how simple and tasty it is to make pizza from ... cauliflower. Yes, yes, it’s really not at all difficult to do this, but it turns out - you just lick your fingers!

Ingredients:

• half a kilo of cabbage inflorescences;
• 2 eggs;
• 120 grams of grated cheese;
• 1 tomato;
• pizza sauce with oregano;
• salt and spices to taste;
• some mozzarella;
• a few sprigs of basil

Step by step recipe description:

1. First of all, let's prepare a kind of dough - the basis for pizza. To do this, a head of cabbage must be divided into inflorescences. Cut them into several pieces and smash in a blender to a state of fine crumbs. Then break one egg into it, salt and pepper a little. Grate the cheese (leave a little for the top) and send to a common dish. Mix everything thoroughly. When all the ingredients are mixed together, break the second egg here and knead again.

You may think that the dough is too grainy. Don't worry, because the eggs and cheese will do their job and after heating, they will stick the grains together.

2. Grease a detachable form or a frying pan with oil (quite a bit) and lay out our cabbage dough. Brush with pizza sauce or any other tomato sauce. Grate cheese on top. At this stage, the semi-finished product can be considered ready and can already be sent to the oven. But also, for the best effect, we will decorate it with cheese and tomatoes.

3. Finely chop the tomatoes and Mozzarella cheese. Decorate the pizza on top with them, and also put a few sprigs of greens. Send the form to the oven, preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes. Cabbage cooks very quickly, especially in chopped form. Therefore, as soon as the pizza takes on the appearance of a finished dish, it can be taken out of the oven.

4. Immediately after removing from the oven, the dish can already be served at the table. So what do you think? Help yourself!

3. How to make cauliflower pancakes

The family demands a delicious afternoon snack, and you want to cook it also healthy? Try frying delicious cauliflower pancakes. They turn out juicy, fluffy and tasty. Even kids will love them.

Ingredients:

• 300 grams of cabbage inflorescences;
• 40 grams of flour;
• a clove of garlic;
• 1 raw egg;
• 40 grams of hard cheese;
• some greenery;
• salt and spices of your choice.

Step by step recipe description:

1. Pour boiling water over cabbage inflorescences for 10 minutes. This will soften it up a bit. Then cut into small pieces. You can also beat it with a blender.

2. Add grated cheese, flour, minced garlic, salt and spices to chopped cabbage. Break one egg there and add finely chopped greens. Mix everything thoroughly until all the ingredients are evenly distributed among themselves. There should be no egg clots and flour lumps.

The dough is ready. It may seem too grainy to you, especially if you cut the cabbage with a knife. But don't worry, shortly after hitting the boiling oil, the cheese will melt and the egg will "grab". This will bind all the ingredients together in a delicious union in the form of a pancake.

3. Heat oil in a frying pan (not very much). Once it sizzles, carefully spoon the pancakes out. This must be done in boiling oil, otherwise it will be difficult to turn them over. Fry on both sides until golden brown over medium heat.

4. Put the finished pancakes on a paper napkin, because excess fat is not included in our plans. Once the paper has absorbed the oil, the dish is ready to serve. They are delicious to eat with sour cream. Help yourself!

4. Delicate creamy cauliflower soup

You can provide the whole family with a delicious and healthy dinner by preparing this most tender soup. Even when cooking time is limited, this recipe will help you out, because it does not take much time and effort. See for yourself.

Ingredients:

• 700 grams of cauliflower inflorescences;
• half a carrot;
• 2 potatoes;
• 150 milliliters of 11% cream;
• whole, unpeeled head of garlic;
• medium bulb;
• processed cheese;
• salt, spices to your taste;
• a little crushed nutmeg.

Step by step recipe description:

1. Prepare a baking dish. It needs to be lined with parchment paper.

2. Cut each cabbage bud into pieces and put on parchment. Season with a little salt and drizzle with a little olive oil.

3. Garlic, unpeeled, cut into 2 parts, across.

4. Put two halves of garlic in the middle of the mold. When baked, they will give the cabbage a unique flavor. Send the cabbage to the oven at 200 degrees. Let it bake with the garlic until tender and soft.

5. While the cabbage is in the oven, let's not waste time. Heat some oil in a saucepan and fry finely chopped onion.

6. As soon as it is browned, add coarsely chopped carrots and potatoes. The neatness of the pieces is not important, because we are preparing a cream soup. And this means that we will subsequently puree all the contents. Saute vegetables for 5 minutes, then season with salt and pepper.

7. Pour vegetables with a little water or meat broth. The liquid level should be slightly above the vegetables.

8. In the meantime, the cabbage is ready. Add it to soup. Send cheese here. Grind the mass with a blender, until a smooth and delicate consistency.

9. Pour the warmed cream into the puree and boil for 1 minute.

Be sure to keep the lid on while boiling. After all, puree-like soup splashes very actively when boiling.

10. The soup is ready. It can be poured into plates and served at the table. You can decorate with cream, herbs and crackers. Bon appetit!

5. Video - cauliflower in batter

Be sure to try this delicious and easy cauliflower recipe. This is a worthy alternative to chips and crackers. After all, they leave the table like seeds. But at the same time it is much more useful. Even kids will appreciate it!

Each hostess puzzles over how to diversify the table for her loved ones. At the same time, I want to please everyone, so that it is tasty, healthy and quick to prepare. I suggest you use these simple recipes that are easy to prepare and a pleasure to feed your loved ones.

Low-calorie, yet nutritious, cauliflower is a base and addition to many culinary recipes. It goes well with other vegetables - bell peppers, onions, corn, broccoli, cucumbers and adds spice to meat dishes. Features of cooking cabbage depend on the chosen recipe for a festive celebration, a light lunch or a dietary dinner.

Risotto with cauliflower: a new taste of a classic dish

Three servings of original Italian risotto can be prepared in 40 minutes. It's very simple and economical. The cook will need: 300 g of cauliflower, 50 g of hard cheese, 40 g of butter, 200 g of onions, 180 g of rice, 70 ml of dry white wine, black pepper and herbs (parsley) to taste, 750 ml of vegetable broth. To make risotto, you need:

• wash the cauliflower and disassemble it into inflorescences;
• boil the broth, put the cabbage in the pan and bring it up to 100 ° C again;
• heat the butter in a frying pan and fry the chopped onion until transparent;
• add rice to the bowl, mix and fry for a couple more minutes;
• pour in the wine and wait until it has completely evaporated;
• alternately add several portions of the broth, continuing to stir the rice;
• mix rice with cabbage and fry for another 10 minutes until cooked;
• sprinkle the risotto with grated cheese right in the pan and mix;
• pepper, put chopped greens.

With tomatoes and in the oven

Cabbage with tomatoes

The combination of favorite juicy tomatoes, crispy cheese crust and spicy cauliflower is unforgettable. To prepare a delicious casserole, you will need: 400 g of cabbage, 2 tomatoes, 3 chicken eggs, 3 tbsp. l. sour cream, 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, salt, ground pepper and cheese, Provence or other dried herbs to taste. You can quickly achieve results if you follow the recipe step by step:

• hold the cabbage in salt water for 5 minutes, then rinse and dry with a paper towel;
• cool and cut into pieces;
• in a bowl, mix sour cream (can be replaced with low-fat natural yogurt or mayonnaise) and eggs with salt, pepper and seasoning until smooth;
• Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, remove their thin skin and cut into thin rings;
• Grease glassware for baking with a small amount of vegetable oil, put cabbage in it and pour over the prepared mixture;
• put chopped tomatoes on top;
• cover everything with grated cheese;
• Preheat the oven to 180°C and bake the dish for 30 minutes.

After 10 minutes, you can serve baked cabbage to the table. Instead of a glass mold, cooks often use metal or silicone molds.

Cauliflower with minced meat: even tastier and more satisfying

Cauliflower with minced meat

Often, cooks combine a healthy vegetable with meat ingredients to increase calorie content. With this simple recipe, you will prepare a low-fat, but nutritious dish. You will need the following products: 500 g of minced pork and beef, 1 kg of cauliflower, 3 tbsp. l. breadcrumbs, 70 g hard cheese, 5 g butter and a pinch of salt, water as needed. You can get the finished result if you strictly follow the recipe:

• boil water in a saucepan, chop the cabbage inflorescences and cook for 5 minutes over medium heat;
• drain the water and preheat the oven to 200 ° C;
• grease the form with oil and cover with breadcrumbs;
• mix cabbage well with breadcrumbs and minced meat;
• put everything in the form;
• bake for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally;
• Sprinkle everything with grated cheese and bake for another 10 minutes.

A fragrant and moderately juicy dish is served to the table 5 minutes after preparation. It is recommended to use cabbage-meat casserole hot.

Chopped cutlets for those who are on a diet

Chopped cutlets with cauliflower

Cutlets with the addition of vegetables are welcome as a daily menu. You can use 500 g of turkey fillet, 300 g of cauliflower, 4 tbsp. l. semolina, 3 chicken eggs, 3 tbsp. l. sour cream, ground paprika, pepper, salt, Italian herbs, fresh dill to taste, 2 onions, 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil to cook hearty and tasty meatballs for diet food in one hour. To get the correct result, you need:

• rinse, dry the bird, cut into small cubes and place in a separate container;
• disassemble the cauliflower and inflorescences, cook in salted water for 5 minutes;
• then throw the cabbage on a sieve, finely chop;
• chop the onion and add vegetables to the turkey fillet;
• in a bowl, mix paprika, salt, eggs, ground pepper and dried herbs well, if desired;
• add semolina and sour cream;
• mix everything in a bowl and refrigerate for 2 hours;
• after the expiration of the period, heat the oil in a pan, put the formed cutlets and fry them on both sides until a dark golden brown crust forms.

Easy cauliflower fritters

This is a healthy and tasty dish for vegetarians who are trying to diversify their menu in an interesting way. To prepare pancakes, take the following ingredients: 150 g of green peas ice cream, 500 g of cauliflower, 20 g of green onions and 1 chicken egg, 3 tbsp. l. flour, 40 ml vegetable oil and salt to taste. You can make pancakes by following the instructions:

• cook cabbage inflorescences until softened for no longer than 10 minutes in salted water;
• boil green peas for 7 minutes
• cool the cauliflower, finely chop it and mix with peas, add chopped onion there;
• break the chicken egg into this container, add flour and salt, mix everything well;
• heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan, carefully place the formed pancakes and fry until golden brown on both sides.

Serve a cute culinary dish with sour cream or your favorite sauce. It should be creamy with no spicy ingredients. The use of tomatoes and bell peppers in this recipe is not welcome.

Beef with cauliflower

Beef with cauliflower

Another simple recipe requires 600 g of cauliflower, one head of onion, parsley, salt and pepper to taste, 300 g of tomatoes, 1 tbsp. l. flour, 150 ml vegetable or 200 g butter. Also for goulash you will need 650 g of beef meat. To cook this delicious dish, you need:

• rinse and dry the meat, cut into small pieces;
• put the beef in a saucepan or stewpan, salt, fry in hot oil;
• add finely chopped onion, fry it until golden brown;
• add water to the container, pepper, salt and simmer for 20 minutes;
• wash the cauliflower well and divide into small inflorescences;
• boil the cabbage for 15 minutes, put it on a sieve;
• add inflorescences to the meat along with peeled tomatoes;
• remove the container into the oven preheated to 180 ° C and bake for 10 minutes.

The finished dish should be decorated with finely chopped parsley or other herbs to taste.

Cabbage in batter: hearty and healthy

Cabbage in batter

It takes only 50 minutes to prepare four servings of this dish. A hearty snack will not add many calories to your body. The batter turns out thick and airy, it contrasts perfectly with crispy cabbage.

This recipe involves preparing 900 g of cauliflower, 200 ml of milk, 1 liter of water, salt, bay leaf, ground black pepper and dried herbs to taste, 250 g of wheat flour, 2 tsp. vegetable oil and 4 chicken eggs. After collecting all the components, you can begin the culinary process. You should:

• Carefully separate the egg yolks from the whites and put the latter in the refrigerator;
• combine the yolks with water, add spices (thyme, paprika, garlic), vegetable oil;
• beat the mixture until smooth;
• carefully introduce flour (in portions);
• wait for the batter to thicken and put it in the refrigerator for an hour;
• put cauliflower in a solution of water and salt, leave for 7 minutes;
• rinse the cabbage and divide it into small inflorescences, boil it in milk, after salting;
• after 3 minutes, place the vegetable in cool water;
• wait for the inflorescences to cool, sprinkle them with flour;
• beat the whites in a lush foam and carefully introduce them into the finished batter;
• heat vegetable oil in a frying pan;
• dip each inflorescence into the oil, after dipping it in batter;
• fry for 3 minutes on one side and on the other until golden brown;
• You can serve the finished dish to the table in 5 minutes.

Delicate and tasty cauliflower in fragrant batter does not need a side dish. You can additionally decorate the dish with lettuce leaves, if you put them along the edge of the plate.

Appetizing aristocratic salad

In just 20 minutes, you can make a delicious salad with cauliflower, blue cheese and other ingredients. 100 g of this light dish contains only 48 kcal, which will please ladies on a diet. To create a salad, you will need: 1 kg of cauliflower and broccoli, 200 g of radish, 70 grams of blue cheese, 250 ml of cream, a small bunch of dill and green onions. You can cook this yummy at least every day. To do everything right, it is recommended:

• rinse cabbage and broccoli;
• divide them into small or large inflorescences;
• boil for 3 minutes in salted water or steam, pour over with cold water to preserve the bright color of the products;
• chop the radish into circles, and chop the dill and green onion thoroughly;
• combine all prepared vegetables in one deep bowl;
• take a separate container for dressing, put cheese in it and knead thoroughly with a fork;
• alternately pour in several small portions of cream;
• constantly stir the dressing until a homogeneous mass with the consistency of liquid sour cream is obtained;
• Pour mixture over vegetables.

Some chefs recommend dressing such a salad with mayonnaise or liquid yogurt, but with cheese dressing, the dish acquires a rather sharp, piquant taste. Raw food lovers may choose not to boil cabbage and broccoli before adding it to a salad. It is enough to pour boiling water over the vegetables so that they undergo primary heat treatment.

Looking forward to the summer, many people dream of seeing the cauliflower of the new season on their table. This vegetable is extremely useful, and with skillful preparation, it also pleases with excellent taste. Doctors recommend including it in the diet more often, but we are ready to teach you how to cook cauliflower and serve as a side dish or as a main dish.

Do you know how many benefits are contained in a humble head of cauliflower? It is a storehouse of vitamins and minerals. It contains copper and phosphorus, iron and fluorine, calcium and magnesium. According to the content of vitamins C and A, the vegetable is confidently ahead of the notorious lemon.

Cauliflower is a dietary product. But despite this, it can be very tasty to cook

The value of cauliflower, from which you will learn how to prepare a side dish using simple recipes, also lies in its low calorie content. In 100 grams of the product, there are only about 30 kcal. This means that it must be cooked and included in the diet of cauliflower dishes if you want to lose weight without harm to health.

The unique quality of cauliflower is its low fiber content. Usually other vegetables are rich in this substance, but because of this, there may be restrictions on their use if there is a history of problems with the gastrointestinal tract. The use of cauliflower is indicated even for diseases of the digestive tract. Of course, it is also important to choose the right cooking recipe in order to cook a vegetable while preserving its natural value.

The secret to tasty and tender cauliflower

Now let's move on to practical tips that will help you learn how to cook this healthy and nutritious vegetable. Let's start with recommendations for choosing a product that should be fresh in order to transfer all the beneficial substances to your body as much as possible.

The freshness of cauliflower is evidenced by its leaves. They should be bright green and firm. Inflorescences should be snow-white and tight. Dark spots on the surface of the head indicate that the cabbage has begun to deteriorate.

Note that many wonderful dishes can be prepared from cauliflower, it is delicious even raw. But first, the vegetable must be properly prepared for consumption. To do this, the cabbage head is disassembled into inflorescences and washed thoroughly. Since insects can hide between the flowers, it is recommended to soak the vegetable in cold salty water.

After that, you can start the cooking process. As a rule, for almost all recipes, the vegetable usually needs to be pre-boiled. If you want to keep the snow-white appearance of cabbage when boiling, then add a little granulated sugar to boiling water. An absolutely amazing taste of the dish is guaranteed when using mineral water for boiling. Boiled cauliflower can then be fried or stewed and even baked in the oven. By the way, cauliflower is very good in pickled or salted form, so we advise you to make preparations for the winter.

If you just want to cook a dish from a raw product, then choose a recipe and get down to business.

Simple, quick and tasty cooking "Syrian cabbage"

Yes, yes, for a long time cauliflower was called that way and was some kind of exotic for domestic culinary specialists. Now, almost every hostess knows how to cook this vegetable. We can only offer a few more interesting and proven recipes.

Let's start with the simplest, but despite this, they do not lose their relevance. Perhaps the secret of the popularity of these recipes lies in the amazing taste that cabbage will certainly please if you get the hang of cooking it.

Pickled cauliflower with a spicy spicy taste will not leave you or your guests indifferent

Vitamin salad with nuts

Let's start with an interesting dish that maximizes the benefits of the vegetable. This is a salad in which the cauliflower is not boiled, but is served only barely steamed. What we need to take in order to prepare a dish:

• 1 head of cauliflower;
• 1 large bunch of greens;
• 100 g nuts;
• mayonnaise (sour cream) for dressing;
• salt.

For cooking, you can use raw cabbage. Alternatively, it can be blanched in boiling water for a minute to soften the florets. In any case, the head of cabbage must be disassembled into inflorescences and finely chopped.

We choose greens according to your taste and chop. Depending on what herbs you use: dill, parsley, cilantro or others, the taste of the salad will change.

The nuts must be roasted and then crushed in a mortar to make small pieces. Choose nuts according to your preference.

Now we combine the ingredients, salt and dress the salad with mayonnaise or sour cream. If you want to reduce calories to a minimum, or serve a salad in fasting, you can use any vegetable oil as a dressing - it will be no less tasty.

Hearty meal in batter

Fried cauliflower in batter will appeal to the kids

If you have cauliflower at home and want to prepare a nutritious and tasty dish, we advise you to master this recipe. It does not require special culinary skills. You will need a minimum of ingredients:

• 1 head of cabbage;

and for making batter:

• 1 egg;
• 60 ml liquid;
• flour;
• spices.

First you need to boil the vegetable in salted water, sorting it into inflorescences. After that, we make a batter: mix the egg and liquid thoroughly and begin to gradually introduce flour until the mixture acquires the consistency of thick sour cream. Add salt and spices to taste.
Now it remains to dip the boiled inflorescences in batter and quickly fry in a hot frying pan with heated oil. As a result, the cabbage will become rosy and appetizing. It can be served as a side dish, and battered cauliflower, poured with sour cream, can become an independent dish.

Casserole of delicate inflorescences

Now let's move on to more complex recipes. If you have a variety of casseroles in your house, then you will surely like this recipe. Having prepared the dish correctly, you can offer it as a side dish or use it as the main one. To prepare you need to take:

• 1 small head of cauliflower;
• 200 g of ham;
• 2 tbsp. l. breadcrumbs;
• 1.5 st. milk;
• 3 eggs;
• 100 g of cheese.

Everyone will appreciate this dish.

While the cauliflower is cooking, grate the cheese and cut the ham into strips or cubes. We put half of the boiled cabbage in a baking dish, put ham on it, then cheese, and then again a layer of cabbage. From above, you can fill the dish with breadcrumbs.

We bake the dish in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees for 20 minutes. Then take it out of the oven and fill it with a mixture of eggs mixed with milk. Put the dish back in the oven and bring to readiness for ten minutes. Serve to the table, garnished with your favorite herbs. This recipe can be modified by adding mushrooms or other products instead of ham.

Nutritious Diet Soup

When learning about cauliflower recipes, don't miss this one. With it, you can quickly cook a light, tasty and healthy soup for your home. For him, we need the following products:

• 100 g of cauliflower;
• 100 g chicken fillet;
• grated ginger;
• protein of one egg;
• soy sauce;
• 1 st. l. breadcrumbs;
• chicken bouillon;
• salt, spices.

If you have ready-made chicken broth, you can immediately make minced meat, because we will have soup with meatballs. To do this, we twist raw chicken meat, and then pass it through a meat grinder and cauliflower. Inflorescences must first be blanched and dried.

Quick and delicious soup

Add ginger, protein, soy sauce, salt, spices to minced chicken fillet and cauliflower and mix thoroughly. We form meatballs and roll them in breadcrumbs. Carefully lower the finished balls into the boiling broth and cook until tender. As soon as the meatballs float to the surface, the soup is ready. You can supplement the recipe by adding potatoes, carrots, onions and herbs to the soup.

Delicious and tender gratin

Finally, we will tell you about one more recipe and teach you how to cook a luxurious French cauliflower gratin. You can serve it to the festive table both as a side dish and as an independent dish.

Simple but very tasty and beautiful dish

To prepare you will need the simplest ingredients:

1. 1 large head of cabbage;
2. 0.5 l of milk;
3. 0.2 l cream;
4. 150-200 g of cheese;
5. 5 cloves of garlic;
6. butter;
7. breadcrumbs;
8. salt, pepper and nutmeg.

We begin to prepare the dish by boiling the cauliflower inflorescences in milk mixed with water in a ratio of 1: 1. Dip the cauliflower in boiling salted liquid for a few minutes, and then throw it into a colander. While it is cooling, prepare the rest of the ingredients.

We rub the cheese, half of which is mixed with cream, nutmeg and garlic, passed through a press. Then put the cabbage in a mold, previously greased with butter. Now pour our cabbage on top with a mixture of cheese and cream.

We send the form with yummy to the oven. Gratin is prepared for ten minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. After that, we take out the form, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and the remaining cheese. Then we send it back to the oven and hold for another 5-10 minutes to form a golden appetizing crust. Voila, the dish is ready.

Cauliflower is a pretty vegetable in every way. Beautiful - you can cook any soup or decorate a salad. Useful - cauliflower contains an almost record amount of vitamins and other nutrients, yielding only slightly to its closest relative, broccoli. Tasty - cauliflower is not loved only by ardent opponents of vegetables, which, fortunately, are in the minority. Cauliflower is quick to cook, you will spend a maximum of half an hour preparing almost any cauliflower dish, with most of the time spent on food preparation.

To prepare delicious cauliflower dishes, you first need to choose the right head of cabbage. Choose heavy, strong heads of cabbage with fresh green leaves. At the same time, cabbage inflorescences can be not only white, but also grayish, creamy, yellow, ivory, slightly greenish and even purple - it all depends on the variety and growing conditions. The only thing that should not be on the head of cauliflower is black spots. You will have to suffer pretty much cutting them out, so it is better to refuse such a purchase.

If you decide to cook boiled cauliflower, it is better to use a double boiler - this way more useful substances will remain in the cabbage. Don't have a steamer? Let the cabbage inflorescences in a minimum amount of water, while not pouring the broth, but use it in the preparation of soup or sauce. Do not keep the cooked cabbage in water, it will become soft and dark. Before cooking, you can soak the cauliflower in milk or even boil it in mineral water - this way it will retain its attractive appearance in the best possible way.

You can cook a variety of cauliflower dishes: soups, salads, casseroles, meatballs. Quick and healthy side dishes are prepared from cauliflower, and it’s not a shame to put stuffed cabbage on the festive table - an amazing dish that is prepared simply, quickly and looks very appetizing at the same time. The Cooking Eden website offers you several cauliflower dishes, but these are just a few of the recipes that you can vary, improve and change to your liking.

Light cauliflower salad

Ingredients:

1 head of cauliflower,
3-4 tomatoes
1-2 garlic cloves,
sour cream, salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Separate the cauliflower into florets and blanch in boiling water until tender. Slice the tomatoes. Finely chop the garlic. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, salt, pepper and season with sour cream.

Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower,
½ stack walnuts,
¼ stack. wine vinegar,
1 tsp coriander seeds,
salt - to taste.

Cooking:
Dip the peeled head of cauliflower into boiling water and boil until tender. Cool and disassemble into inflorescences. Crush the walnuts with a knife and crumble. Also crush the garlic with a knife blade. Crush the coriander seeds in a mortar or coarse grind in a coffee grinder. Mix nuts, coriander and garlic, add wine vinegar and season the cooled cabbage.

Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower,
1 tbsp butter,
100 g sour cream
1.5-2 tbsp flour,
greens, lemon zest, salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Separate the head of cabbage into florets and boil in boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Dilute the flour with a little water and pour into the saucepan with the cabbage, stirring to prevent lumps from forming. Boil for another 5-10 minutes, add lemon zest on the tip of a knife, sour cream and butter. Remove from heat, add herbs and freshly ground pepper to taste. This simple soup can also be made with meat broth.

Ingredients:
500 g cauliflower,
100 ml heavy cream
1 onion
1 potato
1 tbsp olive oil,
1 liter vegetable broth
salt, ground pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Cut the potatoes and onions into cubes and fry for 1 minute in olive oil. Add the cauliflower, broken into florets, pour in the hot broth and simmer for 20 minutes. Set aside a few cabbage florets for garnish. Using a blender, puree the soup, add salt, pepper and hot cream, bring to a boil, but do not boil. Pour into bowls, place cabbage florets in each, sprinkle with ground pepper and serve.

Ingredients:

1 ½ tbsp ghee,
1 tsp cumin seeds,
2 bulbs
4 dried chili peppers
1-2 tsp sesame seeds,
1 garlic clove
4 cm ginger root
1-2 green hot peppers
2-3 tbsp greenery,
a pinch of turmeric
salt - to taste.

Cooking:
Heat ghee over medium heat, add cumin seeds and fry for 30 seconds until fragrant. Add chopped onion, turmeric for color and salt, stir and fry until golden brown. Add the chopped red chilli, sesame seeds, crushed garlic and half of the grated ginger and cook for another minute. Disassemble the cauliflower into florets, add to the pan, mix, cover and simmer for 3-5 minutes, no more. Chop the green chillies, grate the remaining ginger, add to the pan and turn up the heat. Salt to taste and fry until tender. Serve sprinkled with herbs.

Ingredients:
1 small head of cauliflower,
1 stack coconut milk,
1-2 tbsp curry powder,
½ tsp salt,
1 red onion
1 garlic clove
1/3 stack. water,
1 stack chopped green beans,
⅓ stack. cashew nuts,
greenery.

Cooking:
Boil half the coconut milk in a large saucepan over medium heat, add the curry powder and salt, stir until no lumps remain, and add the chopped onion and garlic. Simmer for a minute, pour in the remaining coconut milk and water and bring to a boil. Add green beans and cauliflower, disassembled into florets, cover and simmer over low heat until tender. Chop cashew nuts, add to cabbage and remove from heat. Salt to taste, add curry powder if needed, and serve sprinkled with herbs. If you didn't manage to buy a ready-made curry powder, prepare it yourself: over medium heat in a dry frying pan, dry 4 dried chili peppers, 1 tbsp. coriander seeds, 1 tbsp. cumin seeds, 1 tbsp. dill seeds, ½ tsp cardamom seeds and ½ tsp. clove buds. Do not overdry or burn the fragrant mixture, just 1-2 minutes is enough! After that, grind the chili pepper in a coffee grinder, and then the rest of the ingredients. To the resulting mixture, add 1 tbsp. turmeric and ½ tsp. cinnamon. Sift through a sieve and transfer to a tightly sealed container.

Ingredients:
½ head of cauliflower,
½ head of broccoli
7 stack broth,
1 stack couscous,
3 tbsp olive oil,
4 sun-dried tomatoes,
50-70 g goat cheese,
red pepper, salt, green onion - to taste.

Cooking:
In a large saucepan, bring the broth, olive oil and red pepper to a boil, add the couscous and remove from heat. Cover and wait 2 minutes. Then put the cauliflower and broccoli, disassembled into small inflorescences, into the pan, mix and cover again. After 4-5 minutes, the cauliflower and broccoli will be quite soft. Divide couscous among bowls, top with chopped sun-dried tomatoes, diced goat cheese and scallions.

Ingredients:
½ head of cauliflower,
⅔ stack. bulgur,
300 g boiled chickpeas
4 ½ stacks vegetable broth,
1 onion
½ stack orange juice
200 g white cabbage,
salt, olive oil.

Cooking:
Saute chopped onion in olive oil until soft, add bulgur, chickpeas and stock. Salt and bring to a boil. Simmer until the bulgur is tender, and if the mixture becomes too thick, add the orange juice. Cut the white cabbage into long strips, disassemble the cauliflower into inflorescences, put the cabbage in a pan, mix and simmer until tender. Serve with thinly sliced ​​red onion drizzled with olive oil.

Ingredients:
1 medium head of cauliflower,
300 g minced meat,
1 onion
150 ml sour cream
2 tbsp grated cheese

Cooking:
Pour the head of cabbage, peeled from the leaves, with cold water, salt, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Drain in a colander and let the water drain. Combine minced meat with chopped onion, herbs and raw egg, salt and pepper to taste. Fill the cabbage with minced meat, filling all the voids between the inflorescences, transfer it to a baking dish, brush with sour cream and sprinkle with cheese. Put in the oven, preheated to 220ºС, for 40-45 minutes.

Cauliflower cutlets

Ingredients:
1 head of cauliflower,
2 eggs,
4 slices of white bread,
⅓ stack. cream,
½ stack flour,
pepper, salt.

Cooking:
Disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences and boil until half cooked in salted water. Drain in a colander, let the water drain and finely chop with a knife. Soak white bread in cream. Separate the whites from the yolks and beat. Put the yolks, soaked white bread and flour into the cabbage and mix. Enter whipped egg whites. Spread the cabbage mass with a spoon and fry in vegetable oil on both sides.

Ingredients:
1 medium head of cauliflower,
300-400 g of meat,
1 stack boiled chickpeas
1 onion
3 tomatoes
3 garlic cloves,
1 tbsp flour,
½ lemon
3 tbsp olive oil,
herbs, salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:
Disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences and boil in boiling salted water until almost cooked. Heat the olive oil in a deep frying pan, add the chopped garlic and heat until fragrant. Add chopped meat and fry until golden brown. Put the chopped onion, sliced ​​​​tomatoes and reduce the heat. Simmer for 20 minutes until meat is done. Add chopped herbs, salt and pepper. In lemon juice, dilute 1 tbsp. flour, pour into the pan, mix and let boil. Remove from heat, add cabbage and chickpeas to the skillet and toss gently.

Ingredients:
1 medium head of cauliflower,
2-3 eggs
breadcrumbs,
salt, pepper, spices - to taste,
vegetable oil - for deep fat.

Cooking:
Blanch the cauliflower, disassembled into inflorescences, in boiling water for 5-10 minutes and drain in a colander. Whisk the eggs with salt, pepper and spices to taste. Dip each floret into the egg mixture, then roll in breadcrumbs and fry until golden brown.

Cauliflower casserole

Ingredients:
1 large head of cauliflower,
1 can of green peas
150-200 g of cheese,
1 stack cream,
3 eggs,
salt, pepper, herbs - to taste.

Cooking:
Disassemble the cabbage into inflorescences and blanch in boiling water for 5-10 minutes. Put the cabbage in a baking dish along with the peas. Beat eggs with cream, add herbs and salt to taste and pour cabbage with peas. Sprinkle with grated cheese and put in the oven, preheated to 200ºС, for 20 minutes. This simple casserole can be made with canned corn, and you can also add meat for satiety.

Bon appetit and new culinary discoveries!

Larisa Shuftaykina