Hills Own Recipes
Entries in Cauliflower (3)
Curried Cauliflower Soup
1 teaspoon turmeric
Pickled Cauliflower and Purple Cabbage
1 small head purple cauliflower
1/2 purple cabbage
6-7 teas. salt
3 1/2 cups water
1 1/4 cups distilled white vinegar
dried red hot chilies
Wash the cauliflower and break into bite sized florets. Cut the cabbage into thick slices. Do not separate. Mix the salt, water and vinegar together to create the brine.
Place a layer of cauliflower in a sterilized, large-mouth pickling jar. Top with a layer of cabbage. Repeat until you reach the top, but bury a chile or two deep in one or two of the layers.
Fill the jar with the brine. Use a long wooden skewer to release any visible trapped air bubbles. Close the lid.
Place the pickles in a warm spot for 10 days before eating.
Eat within a month.
Summer Graffiti Couscous
3 cups couscous
2 heads Graffiti Cauliflower
3 onions
5-6 carrots, diced
2 bunches green onion
2 bunches chopped chives
pinenuts for garnish
salt and pepper, to taste
Opal Basil Sauce:
2 bunches Opal Basil
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1 cup olive oil
1 TB. salt
To create the Opal Basil Sauce, blend all the ingredients in a food processor.
Place couscous in a bowl and bring 3 cups of water to a boil. Pour over couscous. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Let stand five minutes and fluff with a fork.
To steam the cauliflower, place in a microwave safe bowl wtih 3 TB. of water in the bottom. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Puncture the wrap 5 times with the tip of a sharp knife. Cook on high for 3 minutes.
Caramelize onions in a skillet with 1 TB. olive oil over low heat until golden brown, approximately 12 minutes. Remove onions. Sauté diced carrots in the skillet with 1 TB. olive oil for 4-5 minutes until tender. Chop the green onions and chives. Toss cauliflower, carrots, onions, chive and sauce with the couscous. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with pinenuts.