Recipes braised cauliflower

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• To prepare for the plate
• Microwave

Cauliflower - common in the Russian vegetable crops. Of course, in our country it is not as popular as its cousin cabbage, but the West has long occupied a leading position. Its blossoms are valued for their high dietary and taste. Compared with white cabbage, which contains a greater amount of roughage, which irritate the stomach, it is much easier to digest. In the food consumed inflorescence cabbage as raw (component salads), and after heat treatment - boiling, stewing, frying. So that when cooking to preserve the white color of inflorescences, the water was added a small amount of sugar. And if you boil it in the mineral water, the taste is much improved.

The most popular among the population won braised cauliflower with various additives, as stewed in it is more useful than the more delicious fried than boiled.

Recipes braised cauliflower and we will give your judgment in this article.

Before cooking food Cauliflower is recommended to disassemble it into florets and cover with cold salted water. This is a safety from insects and caterpillars to eat. When injected into the saline solution insect climbs out. Then should be rinsed with water inflorescence. Related recipes can be divided according to the method of preparation on the recipes for the microwave, and recipes for the plate.

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To prepare for the plate

Like it or not, but the cooker is the most popular equipment in the kitchen of every housewife. Therefore, most of the recipes and created for cooking on the stove.

The easiest and most economical

Cauliflower (1 head), disassembled into florets, boil in salted water for about 5 minutes. 1-2 onions cut into small cubes and fry in a little pan. Put florets and fry with onions (about 5-10 min.). Season with salt. You can add any seasonings that you like. Pour cup of boiling water and simmer, covered for about 20-30 minutes.

The cream sauce

Cauliflower (1.2 kg) to parse it into florets, boil in salted water for 15-20 minutes. At this time in a pan fry in vegetable oil until tender 1-2 diced onion. Drain. If you do not particularly like the vegetable, then cut into small cubes, otherwise leave as is. Add to the onions and simmer, covered for 15-20 minutes. Then add the cream (100 ml.), Salt and pepper (to taste), oregano (1, 5 tsp). During the post instead of sour cream, use lean mayonnaise, it will change the taste, but the worst of it, he will not. Simmer for 5-10 minutes. 5 min. before the end of cooking, add the chopped parsley. The dish is tasty and hot and cold. Dishes prepared according to this recipe to please fans and vegetables and those who are not.

The bechamel sauce

The inflorescence of cauliflower Boil in salted water for 20 minutes. In a frying pan melt 100g. butter and pour, stirring continuously, 100 g of flour. In small portions to pour a glass of cold milk, stirring all the while our mix. From your diligence depends on the quality of the sauce - the sauce is homogeneous or lumpy. Next, add a little more 1, 5, Art. milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg (to taste). The resulting sauce is prepared by adding florets and simmer covered for about 15 minutes.

With mushrooms and cheese

Cauliflower, disassembled into florets, pour a glass of milk and simmer for 10 minutes. Cut 500 grams of mushrooms and fry in sunflower oil in a frying pan (about 10 min.). Add to the cabbage mushrooms, 100 grams of butter, salt to taste and simmer for another 5-8 minutes. Sprinkle with grated cheese (300 g), cover and remove from heat. Allow to stand for 10 more minutes.

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Microwave

We all want our food was delicious and useful. At the same time we can not always allow sufficient time for the preparation of these dishes. In these endeavors, we come to the aid of technological advances, creating for us microwaves. In them, we not only can quickly warm up food, but also to cook new delicious, and their preparation spending a minimal amount of time.

For the lazy housewives

This recipe for cooking in a microwave oven does not require you any longer time to cook or a large variety of products. But, having prepared for this recipe, you'll be happy with the result.

Soak cabbage (500 g) in salt water for 40 minutes. Wash and divide into florets. Put in a refractory form of microwave heads the center. Add 30 g butter and 2-3 tbsp. l. water. Simmer covered for full power about 7-8 min., Then a further 2 minutes. microwave on medium power. Number of products in the recipe serves 2.

In the microwave oven with milk or cream

In the form of microwave pour 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Top with parsed into florets cauliflower (small head) and simmer, covered for 2-3 minutes. at maximum power. Turn the florets and put another 2-3 minutes. Let stand for about 10 minutes. During this time, grate carrots (1 pc.), Chop the onion (1 pc.) And add to the form. Season with salt and stir. Simmer 5-6 minutes. 100% of capacity, covered with a lid. Add 0, 5, Art. milk and fresh herbs to taste. Stir. Put the lid stewed for another 2 minutes. Give infusion of approximately 10 min.

Baked cauliflower - a dish that will help you keep slim figure. Nutritional value Cauliflower raw is 30 kcal per 100 g It contains a huge amount of vitamins, micro and macro elements, improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. With regular use of food cauliflower risk of prostate cancer (in men) and breast cancer (in women) is greatly reduced. So prepare dishes, the recipes of which are described above, eat and be healthy! Bon Appetit!