Complete Roasted Cauliflower Recipe – Love and Lemons

A shocking essential or facet dish, this complete roasted cauliflower is tender, scrumptious, and easy to make. A fast harissa sauce provides daring taste.

Let’s make a complete roasted cauliflower! This veggie “roast” may be my all-time favourite dish to make for a cocktail party or a vacation meal. It’s easy (the oven does a lot of the be just right for you!), it could move as a essential dish for some people and as a facet for others, and it seems to be so spectacular on the middle of the desk.

And this complete roasted cauliflower recipe doesn’t disappoint on style both. Because of an extended, two-part roast, it’s fantastically browned on the surface and meltingly tender to its core. I’ve included directions for roasting it plain within the recipe card under, however you even have the choice of dressing it up with the colourful, harissa-based sauce pictured right here. This sauce is fast and straightforward to stir collectively, and it provides wealthy, earthy, smoky taste to the entire roasted cauliflower. I feel you’ll adore it!

Complete Roasted Cauliflower Recipe Components

Very first thing’s first: to make this complete roasted cauliflower recipe, you’ll want a cauliflower! Select a medium-sized one weighing about 2 kilos. A barely smaller or bigger cauliflower head will even work nice, however notice that you simply’ll want to regulate the baking time accordingly.

If you wish to roast it plain, you’ll want olive oil to assist it soften and brown within the oven and salt and pepper for seasoning it.

For those who’re making the sauce, you’ll additionally want these substances:

• Delicate harissa – I just like the Mina harissa model.
• Floor cumin – For earthy, savory taste.
• Smoked paprika – For smokiness.
• Dried thyme – It provides contemporary, woodsy, citrusy taste.
• And pink pepper flakes – For warmth.

Both manner, you’ll need lemon wedges and contemporary cilantro for serving.

Discover the entire recipe with measurements under.

How one can Make a Complete Roasted Cauliflower

Yow will discover the entire recipe with measurements under, however right here’s a fast overview of the method:

• First, make the sauce. It’s tremendous easy to stir collectively! Skip this step for those who’re making the plain model.
• Subsequent, put together the cauliflower. Take away any powerful outer leaves, and use a pointy knife to rigorously lower off the underside of the stem in order that the cauliflower sits flat. Place it in a cast-iron skillet and brush with 1/3 of the sauce. For those who’re making the plain model, rub the cauliflower with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, salt, and pepper.
• Now for roast half 1. Cowl the skillet with foil and roast at 425°F for half-hour.
• And roast half 2. Take away the foil from the skillet. For those who’re making the plain model, drizzle the cauliflower with extra olive oil at this level. Both manner, roast for an additional half-hour, or till the cauliflower is tender within the center.
• Season and serve. For those who’re making the sauce model, take away the cauliflower from the oven and brush it with half the remaining sauce. Lower into wedges and serve with squeezes of lemon juice, contemporary herbs, and the remaining sauce. For those who made the plain model, serve the roasted cauliflower head with a sauce of your selection! Discover some options within the suggestions under.

That’s it!

Complete Roasted Cauliflower Recipe Ideas and Variations

• Use a two-part roast. This method is essential for getting the roasted complete cauliflower tender inside and browned on the surface. Roast it for half-hour lined, then uncover it and roast till the middle is tender, for about one other half-hour. Notice that the precise timing will differ relying in your oven and the scale of your cauliflower.
• Add extra sauce after baking. It provides the cauliflower a stunning shiny look and provides daring taste. Serve with extra sauce on the facet!
• Experiment with a unique taste profile. I like the harissa sauce I like to recommend right here, however you may take this complete roasted cauliflower in loads of different instructions. Make the plain recipe, and serve slices with drizzles of turmeric tahini sauce or dollops of romesco sauce, contemporary parsley, and toasted almonds. It’d be wonderful with pesto, roasted tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, and pine nuts too.
• Make it a meal. For those who’re serving this complete roasted cauliflower at Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner, you’ll doubtless have loads of facet dishes to spherical out the meal. However you may also make this complete roasted cauliflower a satisfying vegan essential dish by itself. Plate wedges over herb-flecked farro and prime them off with roasted chickpeas, or serve them on prime of a swoosh of hummus or white bean dip. These bean-based spreads will add scrumptious creamy texture and a lift of protein to this plant-based recipe. Take pleasure in!

Extra Veggie Predominant Dish Recipes

For those who love roasting a complete head of cauliflower(!), attempt one in every of these veggie entrees subsequent: