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Crumbed cauliflower topped with a cauliflower ricotta garlic puree and parsley oil

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Crumbed cauliflower topped with a cauliflower ricotta garlic puree and parsley oil

Cauliflower is such a versatile vegetable. We have used it here in two ways, as a crumbed cauliflower fillet, and as a creamy topping. My guests had to ask, what is this?

The taste, texture, and mouthfeel of the crumbed and fried fillet of cauliflower was really interesting. Crisp and nutty. The creamy ricotta, roast garlic, and cauliflower puree delivers a perfect accompaniment. It wasn’t immediately obvious in either of these that the main ingredient in both was cauliflower.

It takes some time to prepare the parsley, as the oil drips through a coffee filter, but it is visually striking against the white cauliflower puree.

My recipes often use a lot of garlic. Garlic is used a lot in Vietnamese cooking, one of the reasons I love Vietnamese food so much. While it can be a dominant ingredient if used raw, but if roasted first, garlic becomes a sweet umami flavour enhancer. Did I mention that it is good for you?

Another roast garlic sauce recipe you should check out is this roast garlic sauce.

Crumbed cauliflower topped with a cauliflower ricotta garlic puree and parsley oil

Crumbed cauliflower topped with a cauliflower ricotta garlic puree and parsley oil

Servings: 4 people
Author: Steve Paris
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Ingredients

Crumbed cauliflower and puree

  • 2 medium heads cauliflower
  • 1 head roasted garlic
  • 1/2 cup cornflour
  • 2 eggs lightly whisked
  • 1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs I used quinoa crumbs, or blend some panko crumbs
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 10 g butter
  • 2 Tbsp truffle oil optional, replace with olive or or more butter
  • 250 g ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
  • Olive oil for frying

Parsley oil

  • 2 bunches of parsley
  • 1 pot of boiling water
  • 1 bowl of ice water
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil use a very good olive oil for this
  • 1 or 2 coffee filters

Instructions

Parsley oil

  • Blanch the parsley in boiling salted water for 15 seconds.
  • Plunge the blanched parsley into an ice water to cool.
  • Blend the blanched parsley and olive oil until smooth.
  • Place a coffee filter(s) over a strainer and bowl. Strain the blended mixture overnight.

Cauliflower puree

  • Prepare roasted garlic per these instructions.
  • Trim the leaves and lower stalk from the cauliflowers.
  • Cut the head lengthways, then cut a slab of cauliflower about 15 mm thick from each half. Repeat with the other cauliflower so you have 4 slabs.
  • Reserve the slabs to be crumbed.
  • Chop up the remains of the cauliflower into small pieces.
  • Boil the cauliflower pieces until soft. About 15 minutes. Drain well.
  • Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves from the roasted head into a bowl.
  • Add the boiled cauliflower, truffle oil, butter, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, to a blender and blend until smooth. A hand blender works too.
  • Stir the ricotta into the blended cauliflower.

Crumbed cauliflower

  • Put the cornflour in one bowl.
  • Put the whisked eggs in another bowl.
  • Put the fine bread crumbs/quinoa crumbs, black pepper, and paprika in a third bowl.
  • Dip each cauliflower slab in cornflour and shake off excess.
  • Dip each cauliflower slab in in the whisked egg.
  • Dip each cauliflower slab in the fine bread crumb/quinoa crumb mixture and shake off the excess.
  • Bring the 1 Tbsp olive oil to a medium heat in a heavy pan or skillet.
  • Sear a cauliflower slab until golden, then flip over, searing the other side until golden as well.
  • Add more oil if necessary and do the same for the other cauliflower slabs.

Serving

  • Lay a crumbed cauliflower slab on a plate.
  • Spoon over the cauliflower ricotta roasted garlic topping.
  • Drizzle with parsley oil.

Notes

Keep any remaining cauliflower puree for a pasta/gnocchi or combine into a salad dressing.

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