Warm cauliflower salad
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Easy
- July 2006

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Serves 2
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Ready in 25 minutes
This warm Sicilian-style cauliflower salad recipe is made with raisins, pine nuts and saffron. Serve with grilled fish or meat.
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Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 634kcals
- Fat
- 52.4g (6.3g saturated)
- Protein
- 12.7g
- Carbohydrates
- 29.6g (26.6g sugar)
- Salt
- 0.1g
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Ingredients
- 1 medium cauliflower, leaves discarded, broken into small florets
- Generous pinch of saffron
- 75ml olive oil or rapeseed oil
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- 50g pine nuts
- 50g raisins
- Extra-virgin olive oil, to dress
- Small handful chopped fresh mint
- Small handful chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
Method
- Heat a saucepan filled with a generous amount of salted water and, when it comes to a rolling boil, pop in the cauliflower and saffron. Cook for just 2-3 minutes, so that the cauliflower picks up a little colour from the saffron but stays very much al dente. Drain well and spread on a tray to cool quickly.
- Meanwhile, put the oil in a frying pan over a high heat. When it’s just starting to show wisps of smoke, add the onion. Fry briskly for 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they start to look crispy and caramelised. Add the pine nuts and raisins. Stir and cook for just a couple of minutes (the raisins will swell and the pine nuts should colour a little). Tip into a sieve to drain off the excess oil and transfer to a large bowl.
- To serve, toss the cauliflower with the onions, nuts and raisins and season to taste. Drizzle generously with extra-virgin olive oil and scatter with the herbs. Some people like to serve this with shavings of a sheep’s cheese (Pecorino is perfect).
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