How to cook Cauliflower
Cauliflower cheese soup
Cauliflower can be roasted, boiled, fried, steamed or eaten raw.
When cooking, the outer leaves and thick stalks are removed, leaving only the florets.
The leaves are also edible, but are most often discarded.
The florets should be broken into similar-sized pieces so they are cooked evenly.
After eight minutes of steaming, or five minutes of boiling, the florets should be soft, but not mushy (depending on size).
Stirring while cooking can break the florets into smaller, uneven pieces.
Cauliflower is often served with a cheese sauce, as in the dish cauliflower cheese.
Low carb dieters can use cauliflower as a reasonable substitute for potatoes for while they can produce a similar texture, or mouth feel, they lack the starch of potatoes.
