So December is
already well under way... that surely came around fast! I'm not at
all prepared for anything relating to Christmas yet and can almost
feel the stress creeping in. I have been looking for presents online,
but not bought much yet. I haven't had the strength to browse for
Christmas recipes and think that a good old nut roast has to believe
in it for the festive table. I still hope that I can cook something
more innovative to present here on the blog as well. How are you
getting along with the whole festive season?
However this
recipe that I cooked now could also be a centrepiece for a vegan
Christmas feast, even though it's made with very simple ingredients.
I have been wanting to roast a whole cauliflower for a while now, and
since I had a cauliflower, I thought that the time had come. I
brushed the cauliflower with hot chilli sauce and roasted it with
some tomatoes, and it was quite nice with a hint of heat. I'm sure
that it would go very well with roasted potatoes, roasted vegetables
and gravy.
Ingredients
1 large
cauliflower
200 g cherry vine
tomatoes
1 garlic clove
4-6 tbsp vegetable
oil
1-2 tsp hot chilli
sauce
Method
Take one large
cauliflower and trim a bit away from the bottom so that the
cauliflower comfortably sits upright. You can leave some of the
leaves around it, if you'd like that look for the presentation. Place
it into an oven dish, brush with vegetable oil and put into the oven.
Roast the
cauliflower altogether for about 1,5 hours, the first hour just
brushed with vegetable oil and the rest of the time brushed with hot
chilli sauce and with tomatoes and chopped garlic in the dish. Keep
brushing the cauliflower during the roasting with the chilli sauce.
If the cauliflower
doesn't get cooked during this time but starts browning too much, try
covering the baking dish with foil for a while and cook the
cauliflower slowly. It's done when a skewer can easily be pushed
through all the way.
What do you think
of this recipe, suitable for Christmas or rather not?
Your VegHog
This is one of my fave ways of eating cauliflower, baked whole. yes, agree it would be a fine Christmas vegan meal centerpiece. Like you, I haven't even looked for inspiration for Christmas recipes, but it may just be a old fashioned nutroast this time round and why not. Hope you muster up some energy to do some Christmas shopping, 20 days to go!
ReplyDeleteThis was my first attempt for a whole roasted cauliflower and it was really nice, loved those slices that could be cut from it! Of course I had seen before your lovely whole roasted cauliflowers with nice spices, so thank you for the inspiration! :)
DeleteThe weather is miserable here, but I guess I'll have to head to town to do some shopping now...