This is a great side dish and can be served with your favourite piece of meat or chicken. It can also be served as a main vegetarian paleo dish with an extra side for a complete meal.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons ghee or coconut oil, melted
- 1 head cauliflower broken into florets (you can use the leaves too)
- Sea salt
For the white sauce
- ⅔ cup cashews raw and unsalted, soaked in water for 4–6 hours
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon butter or ghee
- 1½ tablespoons nutritional yeast see notes above
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ large clove garlic chopped
- 1½ tablespoons lemon juice
- ⅓ cup water
For the crumbs
- ⅓ cup almond flakes or silvered almonds
- 3 small anchovies finely diced
- 1 clove garlic finely diced
- 1 teaspoon butter or ghee
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220° C / 440° F (conventional).
- Melt the ghee in an oven tray. Add the cauliflower, season with a few pinches of sea salt and toss through. Bake for 25–30 minutes, turning halfway through, then remove from the oven and set aside. If including cauliflower leaves, add those to the oven half way through as they don't need as much time to roast.
- While the cauliflower is baking, strain and rinse the cashews and place in a blender or a food processor together with the remaining sauce ingredients. Process the mixture into a smooth, thick puree, scraping the sides along the way, for 2 minutes. Smear the puree over a large platter.
- Heat a small frying pan over medium–high heat, then add the almonds and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the anchovies and garlic and stir through until well incorporated, then add the butter or ghee and lemon juice, stir through and cook for a further 30 seconds.
- Scatter the roasted cauliflower florets over the puree on the platter and sprinkle with the toasted almonds, anchovies and garlic.
Nutrition
Calories: 393kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 356mg | Potassium: 709mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 65IU | Vitamin C: 73mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 3mg
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