Cauliflower in the oven - general principles and methods of cooking
Cauliflower is a tasty and nutritious dish, which (especially during heat treatment in the oven) can be called dietary. Vegetables are valued by housewives not only for its pleasant taste, but also for the operational cooking process, which is especially important when there is no time for long preparations, guests or family members are almost on the threshold. Modern cooking offers fans of cauliflower baked in the oven, a huge number of all sorts of recipes, with which literally every day you can cook delicious dishes from this vegetable. By the way, cauliflower can be placed in the freezer, while it does not lose its useful properties.
Cauliflower in the oven - food preparation
Before baking cauliflower, it should be disassembled into separate inflorescences (small) and boil in salted water. The process usually takes 7-10 minutes, you should not overdo it too much, otherwise the vegetable will fall apart and turn into porridge.
Cauliflower in the oven - the best recipes
Recipe 1: Cauliflower in the oven
There is nothing easier than to bake cauliflower in the oven, so that it turns out especially juicy and appetizing, you should fill the vegetables with creamy sauce.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kilogram of cauliflower;
- 30 grams of grated hard cheese;
- 20 grams of butter;
- 80 grams of milk;
- 1 tablespoon wheat flour;
- 20 grams of fat sour cream;
- breadcrumbs;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Boil the cauliflower until half cooked, spread it on a baking tray pre-greased with butter. On a hot skillet, fry the wheat flour, add milk, bring it to a boil. Add cheese, sour cream and some salt to the sauce. Fill the cauliflower with creamy sauce, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, add a little more grated cheese, sprinkle with butter on top. Bake the cauliflower in the oven for 20 minutes. Serve as a main dish or side dish.
Recipe 2: Cauliflower in the oven with corn and green peas
Cauliflower can be baked with other vegetables, such as green peas and corn. Meet the recipe for a delicious dish ...
Ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of cauliflower;
- 150 grams of peas (1 can);
- 1 can of corn;
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 3 eggs;
- butter;
- 150 grams of sour cream or cream (if not, you can use regular milk);
- ground black pepper;
- salt;
- greenery.
Method of preparation
Boil the cabbage in salted water, if the peas are fresh, you can add it to the cabbage (cook for 7-10 minutes).
Grease the baking dish with butter, put cauliflower and peas, add a layer of canned corn.
Beat the eggs with a fork or a whisk in a separate bowl, add sour cream (cream, milk), chopped greens, salt, and black pepper to them, mix the ingredients thoroughly.
Pour the cabbage with the resulting gravy, sprinkle with grated hard cheese, put small pieces of butter on top.
Prepare cauliflower with vegetables in the oven for 20 minutes.
Recipe 3: Cauliflower in the oven with broccoli and melted cheese
Cauliflower and broccoli - a good combination, a particularly pleasant taste is obtained if the vegetables are complemented with melted cheese with garlic.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kilogram of cauliflower;
- 1/2 kilogram of broccoli;
- 2 processed cheese;
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- 250 grams of sour cream;
- 1/2 cup broth (in which vegetables were cooked);
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- thyme;
- oregano;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Blanched (boil for 7 minutes in salted water), put vegetables in a baking dish. Prepare the sauce: chopped garlic, spices, grated cheese, sour cream, melted cheese, salt. Cabbage in the form of pour the sauce and bake in the oven for 20 minutes until a golden crust appears.
Recipe 4: Cauliflower Casserole with Chicken
The delicate taste of cauliflower is perfectly complemented by the aroma of stewed chicken meat, the dish seasoned with cream sauce turns out incredibly tasty and festive. Ingredients:
- 1/2 kilogram of cauliflower;
- 300 grams of chicken meat;
- 3 eggs;
- 2/3 cup of milk or cream;
- 100 grams of grated hard cheese;
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- greenery;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Boiled cauliflower should be kneaded with a fork or whisk. Boil chicken meat, separate from the bones, cut into small pieces, mix with cabbage.
Prepare a sauce of eggs, garlic, milk and salt, pour them chicken with vegetables. Before you put the dish in the oven, sprinkle it with grated cheese and herbs. Cooked cauliflower with chicken for 20 minutes, the temperature in the oven should be 150 degrees.
Recipe 5: Cauliflower in the oven with minced meat
A simple recipe for a delicious and nutritious meal for a traditional family dinner.
Ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of cauliflower;
- 1/2 kilogram of beef or pork mince;
- 1 egg;
- 1 onion;
- 150 grams of hard cheese;
- 100 grams of mayonnaise;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Method of preparation
Mix chopped onion, egg, pepper and salt with minced meat.
Boil cauliflower, mash with a fork, mix with minced meat. From the resulting dough, make balls. Bake the cabbage and meat balls in the form, pre-lubricated with butter, in the oven for 20 minutes. 5 minutes before cooked, sprinkle with grated cheese.
Cauliflower in the oven - tips from experienced chefs
When choosing cauliflower, you should pay attention to its appearance, the inflorescences should be elastic and white in color. As a rule, a fresh vegetable leaves rich green. Dark spots on cabbage suggest that it is not fresh. Cauliflowers are often attacked by pests; when buying, pay attention so that there are no worms on the vegetables (between inflorescences). Cauliflower can be boiled not only in water, but also in milk, thus making it even softer and more tender.
