whole roasted cauliflower with anchovy sauce
Make this gloriously golden roasted cauliflower as an ideal dinner party main. Serve with buttery cauliflower leaves and an addictive anchovy sauce
- Prep:20 mins
- Cook:1 hr
- Easy
- Serves 4 – 6
ingredients
whole roasted cauliflower with anchovy sauce method
STEP: 1 Heat oven to 200C/180C/gas 6. Seperate the leaves from the cauliflower and set aside to use later. Bring a sizeable pan of salted water to the boil and blanch the cauliflower for 4-5 mins. Drain well.
STEP: 2 Place the cauliflower in a roasting tin and drizzle everywhere with olive oil. Season well and roast for 40-50 mins until tender and golden.
STEP: 3 For now, prepare the sauce. Drizzle some oil in a pan and gently fry the shallots for 10 mins until soothe. Add half the garlic and the chilli flakes to cook for about a more minute. Add the anchovies and let them liquefy, now add the tomatoes and stock.
STEP: 4 Flavour and cook for about 10-15 mins till the tomatoes broken down. Add the cream and bubble for another minute.
STEP: 5 Liquefy the butter in a separate pan with the rest of the garlic and fry the cauliflower leaves with a great deal of of seasoning. Dish out the cauliflower on the buttery leaves, with the anchovy sauce spooned over the top and serve.
