Cauliflower Masterclass – Curried Cauliflower Soup, Roasted Curried Cauliflower, French Dressed Salad

The humble cauliflower is bang in season and is often underestimated as an ingredient. Up your cauliflower game with this trio of recipes Curried Cauliflower Soup, Roasted Curried Cauliflower, French Dressed Salad.

Ingredients

Curried Cauliflower Soup
  • 1 ltr cauliflower chopped into small florets
  • 1 tbsp curry powder
  • 1 ltr full fat milk

To serve

  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

 

Roasted Curried Cauliflower
  • 1 romanesco cauliflower
  • 50g soft butter
  • Splash of veg oil
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • Salt
  • 1 red chilli, finely sliced
  • ½ bunch mint chopped roughly
  • ½ bunch coriander chopped roughly
  • 50g toasted almonds
  • 50g sultanas
French Dressed Salad

Dressing

  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 100ml veg oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Splash of water

Vegetables

  • 1 cos lettuce
  • ½ small cauliflower sliced thinly
  • 4 large radish thinly sliced
  • 1 large spring onion thinly sliced

Method

Curried Cauliflower Soup

  1. To make the soup, place the cauliflower florets, curry powder and milk into a pan and bring to the boil. Then simmer for 5 minutes.
  2. Blitz in a food processor until smooth, then pour into a clean pan and warm through.
  3. To serve, spoon the soup into bowls, drizzle in cream and a little olive oil.

 

Roasted Curried Cauliflower

  1. Preheat the oven to 220c.
  2. Pan fry the cauliflower in ½ the butter and a drizzle of oil. Evenly sprinkle in salt and curry powder.
  3. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes until golden and cooked through. Caramelisation is your friend in this process, do not be afraid of dark colour.
  4. Baste the cauliflower, then add the rest of the butter.
  5. Mix in the almonds and sultanas, then pop back in the oven for 5 minutes. Place the cauliflower onto a plate and return the pan to the hob. Add the chilli, mint and coriander, and spoon over the cauliflower

 

French Dressed Salad

  1. Whisk all the ingredients together for the dressing. Place all the vegetables into a bowl and spoon over the dressing and serve.

Ingredients

Curried Cauliflower Soup
  • 1 ltr cauliflower chopped into small florets
  • 1 tbsp curry powder
  • 1 ltr full fat milk

To serve

  • 2 tbsp double cream
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

 

Roasted Curried Cauliflower
  • 1 romanesco cauliflower
  • 50g soft butter
  • Splash of veg oil
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • Salt
  • 1 red chilli, finely sliced
  • ½ bunch mint chopped roughly
  • ½ bunch coriander chopped roughly
  • 50g toasted almonds
  • 50g sultanas
French Dressed Salad

Dressing

  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 100ml veg oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Splash of water

Vegetables

  • 1 cos lettuce
  • ½ small cauliflower sliced thinly
  • 4 large radish thinly sliced
  • 1 large spring onion thinly sliced

Method

Curried Cauliflower Soup

  1. To make the soup, place the cauliflower florets, curry powder and milk into a pan and bring to the boil. Then simmer for 5 minutes.
  2. Blitz in a food processor until smooth, then pour into a clean pan and warm through.
  3. To serve, spoon the soup into bowls, drizzle in cream and a little olive oil.

 

Roasted Curried Cauliflower

  1. Preheat the oven to 220c.
  2. Pan fry the cauliflower in ½ the butter and a drizzle of oil. Evenly sprinkle in salt and curry powder.
  3. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes until golden and cooked through. Caramelisation is your friend in this process, do not be afraid of dark colour.
  4. Baste the cauliflower, then add the rest of the butter.
  5. Mix in the almonds and sultanas, then pop back in the oven for 5 minutes. Place the cauliflower onto a plate and return the pan to the hob. Add the chilli, mint and coriander, and spoon over the cauliflower

 

French Dressed Salad

  1. Whisk all the ingredients together for the dressing. Place all the vegetables into a bowl and spoon over the dressing and serve.