I’m a great fan of Nigel Slater so whenever he comes up with an unexpected combination, I know it will be a winner. Despite the poor growing season for most vegetables, cauliflower has been abundant and flavorful this year. Though the markets were full of the big blowsy ones, labeled “Jersey Fresh,” I tend to [...]
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Cauliflower Soup with Bacon and Hazelnuts
Posted in Cauliflower, Soup, Uncategorized, tagged Soup with nuts on December 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Roasted Cauliflower and Leek Soup with Cheese Dipping Sticks
Posted in Cauliflower, Leeks, Soup, Uncategorized, tagged Cheese crouton sticks, Roasted cauliflower soup on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cauliflower is among the few local crops that astonishingly have flourished despite the horribly wet growing season that rotted the majority of the fall harvest. Purple, green, orange and white heads of cauliflower are mounded in the farmers’ markets and even in the local grocery store, where they are specially called out as local. I [...]
Pickled Cauliflower with Pork and Penne
Posted in Cauliflower, Dark Days Challenge, Low or no salt, Pasta, Pork, tagged Using pickled cauliflower on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When I pickled cauliflower in the fall, it was this dish that I had in mind, and I was not disappointed. It came from Eugenia Bone’s Well-Preserved, a great canning book that provides recipes for the preserved products. The cauliflower was slightly sweet, so I was dubious, but by changing proportions of the ingredients, and [...]
Pickled Cauliflower Two Ways
Posted in Cauliflower, Preserving, tagged Fresh Turmeric, Pickled Cauliflower, Pickled Cauliflower Ginger and Turmeric on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To capture the bountiful local harvest of cauliflower for the winter pantry, I put up a few jars generally following a recipe from Eugenia Bone’s Well-Preserved cookbook. For some, I followed her recipe relatively closely but for others, I added some grated fresh ginger and turmeric, which our local Whole Foods carries, presumably to cater [...]
Cauliflower Baked with Preserved Lemon
Posted in Cauliflower, Lemons, Preserving, tagged Baked whole cauliflower, Cauliflower with preserved lemon on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fresh lemons are not great in my part of the world so when I get good ones, I try to put up some of them by preserving them in salt, Moroccan-style. I find those tangy little pieces to be very versatile in cooking, imparting a depth of character to many dishes, even one as simple [...]
Quick Midweek Suppers: Boil the Water, Light the Oven
Posted in Cauliflower, Fennel, Pasta, Tomato, Zucchini, tagged Cauliflower, Fennel, Mushroom, Pasta, Roasted vegetables on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since I cook fresh evening meals everyday and come home late from work, I need to have a lot of tricks for quickly pulling off tasty, nutritious suppers within a reasonable time. When I don’t have anything specific in mind, the first things I do when I walk in the door are light the oven [...]
Whey Soup with Cauliflower and Leeks
Posted in Cauliflower, Cheese, Leeks, Soup, tagged Cauliflower, Cheese, Leeks, Soup, Whey on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whey, a by-product of cheese-making, is the thin liquid that’s left after the curds are removed. The other day, I made a batch of fresh cheese that resembles ricotta and saved the whey for soup. This is a simple, fresh and clean-tasting soup that takes all of 15-20 minutes to make. You basically just simmer [...]
