I love cauliflower, so here is a lovely light, easy side dish of roasted cauliflower to add to your next meal. Unlike the cauliflower gratin I recently made which is heavy and labour intensive, these roasted cauliflower florets are very easy to throw together and have an extremely delicate flavour. The sugars in the cauliflower caramelizes to produce a sweet and nutty taste which is enhanced by the lemon and salt.
Try this crispy cauliflower recipe with your next chicken roast, or light vegetarian meal with hummus and tabouli. Any leftovers you have are fabulous turned into a soup the next day with some caramelized onions.
Crispy Cauliflower with Lemon and Salt
(serves 4)
Preheat oven to 425F. Wash and dry cauliflower and break into large florets. In a bowl toss cauliflower with 2 tablespoons olive oil, the zest of the two lemons and a healthy sprinkling of salt. Toss well. Distribute evenly on a cookie sheet and put in the oven. Check every ten minutes, when it starts to brown, flip cauliflower over and squeeze half a lemon worth of juice over top. Continue cooking cauliflower, flipping every ten minutes or so and adding lemon juice until it is crisp tender and slightly browned all over. Remove from oven and squeeze over remaining lemon juice. Serve hot.
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yay for a recipe that i’ve actually tried haha. looks great
I LOVE the simplicity of this dish!!!! And lemon does make everything taste yummee!!!
I love roasting…it does such great things to just about everything!
This recipe looks and sounds delicious! i love roasted anything and lemon, i just love lemon on anything! Thank you!
Karyn – you mean you have tried cauliflower?
Nina – simplicity can be very satisfying
Tiffany – I totally agree, I am obsessed with roasting vegetables!
Nuri – lemon lemon lemon!
This sounds absolutely right up my alley! Tasty! My mother will also love this and I am forwarding it to her now!
I’m loving the sound of this, so fresh and simple but tasty.
I’ll have to try that. I like cauliflower. Thanks for the recipe
My kids love cauliflower and this looks like a nice simple way to serve it to them. I’m sure it’ll get a thumbs up!
Hi
I’m not a big cauliflower lover, but I am a big lemon fan, so I tried this yesterday and I will do this over and over again, I’m sure. And it’s so easy.
lucillablau – I am so glad you liked it!
Kitchen Roadie – your kids love cauliflower? How lucky are you!
Definitely got lucky with the kids enjoying cauliflower however broccoli is still a work in progress.
I love any roasted veggie!
My fiance and I both generally hate cauliflower, but couldn’t get enough of this! Thanks for the recipe!
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