Baked cauliflower is a gourmet dish!

Cauliflower, the home of which is considered Cyprus, has long been loved by our compatriots, because thanks to various methods of preparation, such a product is quite universal, and, moreover, has an exquisite taste.

It should also be noted that cauliflower contains a huge amount of useful substances such as potassium, magnesium, vitamins, iron, so this product is recommended for use to those who have problems with the work of the stomach, duodenum and liver.

When choosing the method for processing cauliflower, one should be guided not only by taste, but also in order to preserve the useful substances as much as possible. It is optimal to steam and add the product in raw form to salads. Baked cauliflower also preserves valuable ingredients, and the variety of recipes allows you to achieve the excellent taste of the prepared dish. It's no secret that the less the product is exposed to heat treatment, the more useful substances remain in it. So, let's consider some recipes, thanks to which cauliflower, baked in the oven, will get the most useful and tasty.

Baked meat casserole

Baked cauliflower with meat is a full-fledged second course, quite satisfying and tasty. For its preparation, the following ingredients will be required:

- cauliflower;

- 300-400 grams of minced meat, it is best to use mixed minced meat, prepared from beef and pork;

- 1 egg;

- 100 grams of hard cheese;

- garlic - 2 cloves;

- onions - 1 head;

- ground pepper;

- mayonnaise.

First you need to thoroughly wash the cauliflower, after having released the head from the leaves. Inflorescences separated from each other do not need! We lower into boiling water, cook about 6-7 minutes. We get out of the pan, and while cauliflower cools, we make minced meat. To do this, add raw egg, onion, salt, pepper to the milled meat and form a mass. We stuff the head with the minced meat, filling it with the entire space between the inflorescences. It turns out a kind of a ball. Then rub this ball with garlic and cover it with mayonnaise. Bake the dish for 45 minutes in the oven, the optimum temperature is 180-200 degrees.

Ready to put the casserole on a dish and sprinkle it with grated cheese, then put it in the oven for another 10 minutes until the moment when the cheese becomes golden. Such a recipe for cauliflower casseroles can also be used to prepare a festive table. It turns out a simple and tasty dish.

Here is another recipe that will help you to cook cauliflower very quickly and simply. For cooking you need cabbage and cheese. Cabbage is well cleaned from dirt and leaves, rinsed in cold water, put in deep dishes and poured with boiling water. Please note that baked cauliflower will get better if the product is not boiled in advance. Then merge the water and divide into inflorescences. We put it in a form, oiled, inflorescences up, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake in the oven until golden brown.

Cauliflower in dairy sauce

Purified cauliflower slightly boil, break into inflorescences, add milk sauce and mix. Then add the nutmeg to the resulting mass. We form individual portions, which we spread on a sheet, on top, we still cover with milk sauce and breading. Bake in the oven.

There are many more ways to process cauliflower. It is very tasty, when it is prepared not only with minced meat, but also sausages for grilling or portioned meat slices.

Choose your favorite foods, and then in season baked cauliflower will be present on your dining table as often as you would like, because the variety of ready meals depends only on your imagination.