Cauliflower is an incredibly healthy productuseful and truly universal. On its basis you can prepare both a light dish and a full-fledged hearty lunch. It will find a place on the festive table, it will also be appropriate as a low-calorie snack on the run.
Pros and only pros
This vegetable, which looks like a luxuriousflower, contains an incredible amount of vitamins and microelements. It is due to its unique composition that it is an ideal addition to the diet of any person. Infants and the elderly, professional athletes and those recovering from surgery or a long illness - it is difficult to find a person who will not benefit from this product. Cauliflower will help to do without synthetic drugs during the spring lack of vitamins. Doctors have discovered and proven the unique property of this seemingly banal vegetable. Its juice and fibers can protect against cancer. Just half a glass of juice or a couple of inflorescences will take care of the health and longevity of dear people. Like almost any other vegetable, cauliflower contains coarse dietary fiber. They work as a natural bowel cleanser, give a long feeling of satiety. Due to this property, such inflorescences have firmly established themselves in the diet of ladies watching their figure. And all this pleasure with a minimum of calories. We must not forget that this vegetable belongs to the group of hypoallergenic products. It can become a real salvation for people suffering from this disease. You can prepare many dishes from cauliflower that will help brighten up the not very varied and appetizing diet of an allergy sufferer.
Preparation of inflorescences
Before you get started with the temptingexperiments, you need to learn how to properly prepare the inflorescences. The fact is that cabbage is often attacked by slugs and various bugs, and during the rain it splashes dirt. To get a tasty and healthy dish, you need to rid the head of cabbage of all these shortcomings. First of all, you need to wash the head of cabbage thoroughly, of course, without detergents. You can use a soft brush. Then cut off the lower part of the leg, carefully remove all remaining dirt and dark spots with a knife. If you suspect that there are bugs in the inflorescences, you need to lower the cauliflower into cold salted water for 30 minutes, then catch all the "fugitives". After this, the head of cabbage can be removed. Depending on what you plan to cook next and what is indicated in the recipe, the cabbage should be disassembled into inflorescences or left whole and boiled. Light, short boiling makes the vegetable soft, removes foreign odors and prepares it for further cooking, such as frying in breadcrumbs. Boil the cabbage according to the following scheme. Pour water into a container of a suitable size, fill it halfway and bring it to a boil, add salt. Carefully lower the florets into the boiling water, allow it to boil again and cook for 5-7 minutes. With longer cooking, the cabbage will become soft and is only suitable for grinding into puree. After this, the semi-cooked vegetable can be removed or thrown into a colander and allowed to drain. Now you can start preparing a delicious dish called cauliflower in breadcrumbs.
Technology of preparation
Cauliflower itself does not have a bright color.taste, which means that connoisseurs need to take care in advance that the kitchen has various aromatic herbs and seasonings that will "decorate" the proposed recipes. You can prepare aromatic and tasty cauliflower in breadcrumbs in three ways. They are quite simple, do not require the use of special skills and are sure to find fans.
- A vegetable prepared according to this recipe is obtainednutritious and nourishing. You will need boiled inflorescences, flour, egg, spices, bread crumbs and oil for frying. Cabbage should be prepared by the proposed method, sprinkled with flour. Egg to beat, and crackers mixed with spices and pour into deep dishes. Alternately, the inflorescence should be dipped in an egg and breaded, spread out in a frying pan with hot oil. Fry until an appetizing crust is formed. Serve it in a hot form, but it is no less delicious.
- The second recipe allows you to do without frying, andtherefore, reduces the calorie content of the dish. You will need prepared inflorescences, egg, milk, flour, salt and spices, breadcrumbs. From milk, eggs, flour and fragrant herbs you need to prepare a paste of a thick creamy consistency. Alternately dipped cabbage in it and roll it in breadcrumbs, spread on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Bake in the oven at about 200 ° C for about 20 minutes. Cooked in this recipe of cabbage in breading is juicy, fragrant and delicate. And also surprisingly non-caloric.
- You can cook a delicate cabbage casserole withcrispy crust of breadcrumbs. Preparation does not take much time. It is necessary to boil the inflorescences and let them through the meat grinder. Mix this vegetable mince with the egg, mix well, season with salt and sprinkle with spices. Put the resulting mass in a fire-proof bowl and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Bake for 20 minutes in a well-heated oven. The cabbage cooked according to this recipe will not resemble the usual fried, which means it will be to the liking of even capricious gourmets who do not tolerate monotony.
Whatever recipe you choose, you can always be sure of an excellent result. Just a little effort - and a tasty, aromatic, beautiful and extremely healthy dish will appear on the table.