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To Boil Cauliflower

A simple boiled cauliflower dish seasoned with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Boil Cauliflower

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Trim the cauliflower neatly and soak it in cold water for 1-2 hours.

  2. Rinse the cauliflower in fresh cold water.

Boil

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add a little salt.

  2. Add the cauliflower and boil for 20-30 minutes, depending on size.

  3. If desired, you can boil it in a mixture of milk and water, skimming as needed.

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 main ingredient, cooked through by boiling until tender.
Salt
Seasons the boiling water so the cauliflower is lightly seasoned as it cooks.

“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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