Recipes

[Calibeach]

I'm almost finished with my meal planning for the Thanksgiving holiday. Still thinking about a couple of appetizers and side dishes. We love roasted cauliflower, but haven't made it with brown butter & pumpkin seeds 

Roasted cauliflower with browned butter is a simple yet sophisticated dish that elevates veggies to new heights. The nutty and earthy flavors of the cauliflower are brought out when roasting and pair beautifully with the savory browned butter, making it a perfect side dish for any occasion.

PREP: 10 minutes 

COOK: 25 minutes

4 servings 

 

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Olive oil
• 1 large head of cauliflower
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ¼ pumpkin seeds up to ½ cup
• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• cilantro
• 1 tablespoon lime juice

Instructions

 

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Add parchment paper or aluminum foil to a rimmed baking sheet

Slice cauliflower into ½ inch slices. Place in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 20-25 minutes until bottoms are browned. Turn and season with additional salt and pepper and continue to cook until browned and crisp, about 15 minutes longer.

While the cauliflower is roasting, place the butter in a small skillet over medium heat with pumpkin seeds until butter is browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add red pepper flakes. Let cool slightly. Add chopped cilantro and lime juice. Pour over cooked cauliflower.

[Fifi1]

That sounds right up my alley!

Just copied to make this!

Thank you! 

[JYWilliams]

That sounds a new side dish for my Thanksgiving. Thanks for posting.

[Moonlady]

That looks delicious. Cauliflower is more versatile than many think. Thank you!

[Calibeach]

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@Moonlady wrote:

That looks delicious. Cauliflower is more versatile than many think. Thank you!

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I like to make cauliflower "steaks" as a side dish to chicken, steak, meatloaf. Slice thick cauliflower steaks, season with salt & pepper, pan sear them. Depending upon the size of the cauliflower head, you should get 4 decent sized cauliflower steaks.

[wagirl]

I do love cauliflower--raw, steamed, roasted--anyway. Have been buying the yellow variety lately---was on sale so thought I'd try it--is a milder version of the white kind-- anyway---was making mashed spuds and only had a small amount of the caulif left--I tossed it in with the spuds and mashed it all up--used the reg mashed spuds ingred and wow--was it delicious!!! and that color made the dish look like I dropped a ton of butter in it---