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Boiled Cauliflower

Boiled cauliflower prepared by cutting, washing, soaking, and steaming or boiling until tender.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Boiled Cauliflower

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Remove the outer leaves and cut the stalk about 2 inches below the flower.

  2. Wash thoroughly under running water to remove any dirt or insects.

  3. Soak in lukewarm salted water to drive out hidden insects.

  4. Tie in a net or place in a steamer.

Cook

  1. Boil or steam for 20 to 40 minutes until tender.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Cauliflower
Is the vegetable being cooked, so its texture becomes tender through heat.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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