Roasted Cauliflower Steaks With Tahini Recipes

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAKS WITH TAHINI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Remove cauliflower leaves and trim the stem, leaving the head intact. Place the cauliflower on its side on a cutting board. Cut it in half from top to bottom, slice each half in one-inch thick steaks (some florets might come loose. Don't discard them: You can roast them with the steaks).
• Carefully brush each side of the cauliflower steaks with the olive oil and season with salt. Place the cauliflower steaks (and florets if any) on the lined baking sheet.
• Cut the bottom of the head of garlic (part of the garlic cloves will be exposed; click here for step by step photos). Drizzle it with one teaspoon of olive oil, wrap it with tin foil and place on the baking sheet with the cauliflower.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until the cauliflower is tender.
• While the cauliflower cooks, prepare the pine nuts. Heat one teaspoon of oil in a nonstick skillet. Add pine nuts and saute over medium-low heat for 2-3 minutes until golden brown, tossing often (pay close attention, they can burn very easily!). Set aside.
• To prepare the tahini, whisk together tahini, salt and lemon juice in a small bowl until it thickens. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time and mix until well incorporated (for a thinner sauce you can add more water).
• Once the garlic head is roasted and cool enough to handle, squeeze the cloves into the tahini sauce and whisk until creamy.
• Refrigerate until ready to use. See Note 1.
• Before serving, spoon the tahini sauce on the bottom of a serving plate. Place the cauliflower steaks on top, sprinkle with parsley and toasted pine nuts.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAKS WITH GOLDEN RAISINS AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place the cauliflower steaks on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper on both sides. Transfer to the oven and bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes, flipping after the first 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add the pine nuts to a dry medium saute pan and toast over medium heat until brown, about 3 minutes. Add the raisins and the butter, and season with salt. Cook until the butter has melted and coats the pine nuts and raisins. Off the heat, stir in the parsley.
• Transfer the roasted cauliflower to a serving platter. Pour the pine nut-raisin mixture over the top.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER STEAKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place cauliflower steaks on the prepared baking sheet.
• Whisk olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Brush 1/2 of the olive oil mixture over the tops of the cauliflower steaks.
• Roast cauliflower steaks in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Gently turn over each steak and brush with remaining olive oil mixture. Continue roasting until tender and golden, 15 to 20 minutes more.