Cauliflower
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut away most of the green part of the cauliflower.
Soak the cauliflower in cold water for 1 hour.
Cook and serve
Bring a large pot of salted water (1 tablespoon salt per gallon) to a boil.
Add the cauliflower and boil rapidly for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat and simmer until tender, being careful not to let it fall apart.
Strain through a colander and serve with melted butter.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Cauliflower
- Forms the main body of the dish and becomes tender as it cooks in the water.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the cooking water so the cauliflower takes up flavor as it boils.
The step that matters
Simmering until tender. Once the cauliflower is cooked through it begins to break apart, so reducing the heat and checking softness gently keeps the florets intact.
“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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