4x the most delicious cauliflower dishes

For most people, cauliflower is simply served with cheese sauce, minced meat and potatoes. What a shame, because you can do so much more with this white vegetable. These are our four favourites.

1. Cauliflower tempura with anchovy mayonnaise from our own cookbook
With tempura, the fresher, the better. It’s therefore important to make the batter quickly and fry the vegetable as soon as possible. The temperature difference between the ice-cold batter and the scorching-hot oil creates that ultimate crispy bite. Read the exclusive recipe from our own cookbook here.

2. Barbecue cauliflower with Cape spices
In this dish, you combine an icon of traditional Dutch cuisine with Cape curry spices to create a killer veggie roast. With a hint of smoke, of course—it is Jord Althuizen, after all. Read here how to make the dish.

3. Cauliflower with peas, almonds and lemon
Cauliflower purée topped with fried cauliflower florets, peas, toasted almonds and lemon dressing. George Calombaris’s dish (yes, the one from MasterChef) is on the table within ten minutes, read on.

4. Roasted cauliflower steak
Cauliflower is a rather bland white vegetable on its own. When roasted, it becomes golden brown, crisp and wonderfully rich in flavour. It’s also much easier than roasting meat steaks. Read it here.