Cauliflower Under a Ricotta Blanket
⏳ Time
1 hour 30 minutes
🥕 Ingredients
17
🍽️ Servings
6
Description
American television personality Rachel is known for her recipes designed for everyday homemakers. She treats cauliflower like royalty: first, it is cooked in a sauce made of roasted garlic and broth (Rachel suggests saving any leftover sauce to add to risotto or mashed potatoes), and finally, it is adorned with a luxurious cheese layer. In this presentation, the cauliflower can be the main dish on a New Year's table.
Ingredients
- Garlic - 1 head
- Rosemary - 2 sprigs
- Olive Oil - 2 fl oz
- Cauliflower - 1 piece
- Dry White Wine - 8 fl oz
- Chicken Broth - 12 fl oz
- Lemon - 1 piece
- Butter - 110 lbs
- Chili Flakes - 1 tablespoon
- Bay leaf - 2 pieces
- Nutmeg - a pinch
- Grated Pecorino Pepato Cheese - 120 teaspoons
- Ricotta cheese - 7.1 oz
- Milk - 2 fl oz
- Semi-Smoked Sausage - 1.1 oz
- Salt - to taste
- Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Cut off the bottom of the garlic head to expose the cloves. Place the head on a piece of foil, drizzle with olive oil, add a sprig of rosemary, and season with salt and pepper. Wrap it in foil and place it in a preheated oven at 428°F for 35–40 minutes.
Step 2
Then let it cool, unfold it, and squeeze the flesh of the garlic cloves into a bowl. Mash it well with a fork into a puree, adding a little fresh rosemary.
Step 3
Wash the cabbage and remove any wilted leaves; if the leaves are fresh, leave them on. Cut off the core so that the cabbage can stand upright.
Step 4
Place wine, broth, 60 ml of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of salt, the juice of a whole lemon, butter, chili pepper, and bay leaf into a pot large enough to fit the whole head of cabbage with some extra space around the edges.
Step 5
On the stove, bring the resulting mixture to a boil, stirring. Add the cabbage to the pot, cover with a lid but leave a gap for steam to escape. Reduce the heat and cook the cabbage for about 15 minutes, until it becomes tender.
Step 6
Remove the pot from the heat and carefully transfer the cabbage to a baking dish or a high-sided baking tray. Reserve the remaining sauce at the bottom.
Step 7
Sprinkle the cabbage with a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg, and use a brush to generously coat it with the remaining sauce in the pot.
Step 8
Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese. Increase the oven temperature to 482°F. Bake the cabbage on the middle rack of the oven for 30 minutes.
Step 9
While the cabbage is in the oven, prepare the sauce. In a bowl with the roasted garlic, add 0.5 cup of the liquid used to cook the cabbage, milk, and finely chopped bacon. Blend until smooth.
Step 10
Serve the cabbage whole and then cut it into wedges at the table. Drizzle with the sauce that has been made. If there is still liquid left from boiling the cabbage, it can be frozen and later added to cooked rice or mashed potatoes.
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