RECIPES
Cauliflower steaks with date sauce, charred onions and capers
By Miele
40 minutes
Preparation time
25 minutes
Cooking time
4 serves
INGREDIENTS
2 cauliflowers, whole, trimmed of leaves
2 red onions
2 tbsp capers, rinsed
Salt flakes, to taste
1 tbsp olive oil
Date sauce
150g dates
10g miso (white shiro)
35ml rice vinegar
1 garlic clove, small, peeled
130ml extra virgin olive oil
¼ tsp salt
To serve
¼ cup flat leaf parsley
Olive oil
Salt flakes, to taste
METHOD
Cauliflower steaks
- Place cauliflowers in a perforated steam container and Steam at 100°C for 15 minutes. Allow to cool.
- Slice into thick steaks, keeping the core attached, you should get 2 steaks from each cauliflower.
- Heat olive oil in a frying pan, season the cauliflower and sauté on induction setting 8 until browned. Then turn over and caramelise the other side. Sprinkle with sea salt flakes.
Charred red onions
- Slice the red onions into rings 1cm thick and sprinkle both sides with salt. Allow to sit for 30 minutes.
- Preheat a griddle plate on high heat, induction setting 8. Add the red onions and cook without moving for 5 minutes, or until blackened. Turnover and repeat on the other side.
- Transfer onto a plate and cover tightly with cling wrap. Allow to sit for a further 10 minutes to steam. Break apart into rings.
Date sauce
- Place dates into a heat proof bowl and pour over 150ml boiling water, sit for 5 minutes.
- Put the dates and water into a blender with the miso, rice vinegar and garlic. Blend until smooth.
- With the blender running slowly, pour in the olive oil.
To serve
- Place a large spoonful of date sauce in the middle of each plate and lay the cauliflower on top.
- Arrange the onions around the cauliflower and scatter the capers over the top.
Hints and tips
- The cauliflower can be steamed ahead of time and kept in the refrigerator until required.
- The leftover cauliflower can be used for another dish, like a soup, roasted vegetables or a puree.
- The cauliflower steaks can also be cooked on Fan Grill at 200°C for 8 minutes on shelf position 5. Brush the steaks with olive oil prior to grilling.
APPLIANCE / FUNCTION
Miele
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