Cauliflower Cakes
We are in a vegetable rut.
That's to say there are plenty of vegetables making it onto the dinner table each evening, but it's always the same assortment. While there's nothing wrong with living on peppers, zucchini, onions, potatoes, green beans, and carrots, I thought it might be a welcome change to throw something new into the mix. I happen to love cauliflower, but haven't managed to convince Alexis that it is magical. I decided to throw together something that I thought she might appreciate.
Cauliflower Cakes.
You know, like Potato Cakes, but with cauliflower instead.
Really.
It worked, for the record. Alexis liked them just fine. Although, she didn't believe me that I had substituted the usual potatoes for cauliflower. Whatever. She can think I'm crazy all she wants as long as she continues to eat vegetables.
Cauliflower Cakes
1 small head cauliflower
2 eggs
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
salt to taste
olive oil for frying
Start by removing the leaves and any green stems from a head of fresh cauliflower.
Place the cauliflower in a large pot of boiling water. Boil until it is soft.
And by "soft" I mean if you stick a spoon in it, the spoon should sink into the cauliflower.
Drain and dry the cauliflower then use a fork to smoosh it. It will smoosh very easily, I promise.
In a large bowl, combine the eggs, flour, cheese, and parsley.
Then add the smooshed cauliflower and mix it all up a little more.
Heat a bit of olive oil in a large skillet. Add a few heaping spoonfuls of the cauliflower mixture.
Allow to cook over medium heat until the edges begin to brown and then flip the cauliflower cakes over.
They're done when both sides are golden brown.
Drain some of the oil from the Cauliflower Cakes by placing them on a paper towel. Salt lightly and serve.
Hot sauce is a nice addition, if that's your sort of thing. Personally, I like to top them with some extra cheese because, really, there just isn't enough cheese in this world.
Recipe
Reader Comments (15)
Uh, yes.
I've been racking my braIn for what to take to book club tomorrow, I think I've found the solution. Love cauliflower! Can't wait to try this!!
Huh. Might have to try this - I've been trying to convince Steve that Cauliflower is a good thing.
Oh these look yummy! I just made fried 'rice' last night with cauliflower - I thought it was good but I put onions in it and my kid wouldn't touch it!!!
I love cauliflower - I can't wait to try these!
I'm definitely going to try this. I've had mashed cauliflower and it was as tasty as mashed potatoes. Those sound delicious.
We are in a veggie rut around here, too. I love cauliflower, but I'm not sure my kids have ever even HAD it. I'll give these a go. You don't have a "printable" version, do ya? You know, without all the purdy pictures?
I can't eat anything named after a boxer's mangled ear. =o)#
Yum! I will need to make this asap.
Here in India we have a kinda similar dish, called pakoda.
We take gram flour, add salt, garlic paste, red and green chilies, and add water to make a batter.
Then we dip potato slices or chunks of cauliflower or pieces of cottage cheese or onion slices in the batter and fry them in hot oil. they make the greatest tea time snack specially in winters and are even better when served along with Jalebis (the Indian and original version of funnel cakes)
Here's the recipe...
http://www.inhouserecipes.com/Recipes.aspx?RecId=80
Yummy. I plan to make this. You can never have too many ways to make veggies.
Thank you!
We had these for dinner last night and they were very good. I used the ricer on them before adding to the egg mixture - that worked well. Thanks for posting!
Those sound DELICIOUS! Except with more garlic. :) My weird children have been "off" potatoes the past few weeks. Bee keeps asking if she can have cauliflower instead of tatoes. (Poor Gracie is the odd girl out in our family - she won't touch the stuff. Weird, that one is.)
I was on vacation for 10 day so am just catching up ojn your blog. There are some really wonderful recipes on Food52.com. I posted a rutabaga puree one that I think you might like:
http://www.food52.com/users/37476_burghkitchen?t=recipes-added-tab
Bon appetit!