Tasty and satisfying: recipes for cooking frozen cauliflower in the oven

Cauliflower is a tasty and healthy product that can be made a side dish, and you can cook it as a complete dish: bake in the oven or fry with something. Cauliflower casseroles are simply cooked, appetizing look, and will be a good lunch.

You can take fresh cauliflower or buy frozen, but be sure to consider the differences in the preparation of fresh and frozen cabbage. In this article, we will tell you exactly how to bake cabbage "from a bag" in the oven. More in our article.

What is the difference from fresh?

First of all, this is a “preparation”: unlike fresh, frozen cauliflower does not need to be washed, divided into florets and cleaned of dirt, since all this has already been done before freezing.

The advantage of frozen cabbage is also that it can be found at any time of the year.. Of course, there are more nutrients in a fresh vegetable, but freezing still helps to keep most of them.

Before boiling before baking, frozen cauliflower does not need to be thawed.

Benefit and harm

The benefits of frozen cauliflower are almost as good as fresh. Per 100 g of product, a frozen vegetable contains: 2.20 g of proteins, 0.21 g of fat, 3.97 g of carbohydrates. Its caloric content: 26.56 kcal (111 kJ). This vegetable has a choleretic property, contains a lot of vegetable protein, contains vitamins B, C, K, PP, micro and macronutrients, copper, potassium, selenium, manganese, fluorine, phosphorus, iron. 100 g of raw plant contains the daily rate of vitamin C.

People with a stomach ulcer, despite popular opinion, should not use this vegetable: the product stimulates the production of gastric juice. Those who suffer from gout, also should not eat the product (because this vegetable contains purines).

Step by Step Cooking Instructions

The main ingredient, of course, is frozen cauliflower. It can be found in any store. It is better to take a semi-finished product of a proven company, or cabbage in a transparent bag, so that you can examine it for the presence of dirt or insects. Good frozen cauliflower does not need to be “cleaned”: everything is done before freezing.

• Before baking frozen inflorescences, they must be boiled for 5-7 minutes.
• Thawing cabbage before you boil it is not necessary.
• Cabbage is thrown into the already boiling salted water.
• In no case can not boil the cabbage, otherwise it will become too soft.
• If the cauliflower is cooked properly, it remains crispy.
• If you do not boil it before baking, it will turn out tough and will be prepared for a very long time. We present you a basic recipe.

To make the cauliflower white after cooking, you need to sprinkle it with lemon juice.

Ingredients:

• cauliflower - 1 kg .;
• milk - 150 ml .;
• sour cream - 50 ml .;
• flour - 30 grams;
• butter - 40 grams;
• breadcrumbs - 50 grams;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking:

1. Prepare a frozen vegetable by boiling it as described above.
2. Soften the butter and grease them form.
3. Pour the flour onto a dry, non-greased pan and fry it until it changes color. Pour the milk into the flour and wait until it boils.
4. To taste, add salt and pepper to the mixture of milk and flour, and add sour cream.
5. Put the cauliflower in the form so that it completely covers the bottom. Pour the mixture and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
6. Put in a preheated oven. At 200 degrees, bake for 20 minutes.

Recipe variations

With vegetables

All the same, but you need to add to taste the vegetables, pre-washed and processed. Pepper is recommended to pre-fry in a pan.

Vegetables serve as an additional decoration of the dish. Recipes for cooking cauliflower with vegetables in the oven can be found in a separate article.

Breaded

This recipe is no longer based on the base. Takes:

• heading out;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of flour;
• 2 eggs;
• a pinch of salt;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of vegetable oil.

1. The cabbage is boiled.
2. In a deep bowl, beat the eggs, add a pinch of salt. If desired, add pepper or other spices.
3. Pour the sifted flour in several passes, mixing it with the egg.
4. Put the cooled cabbage into batter and roll so that the batter covers each inflorescence.
5. Next, the form is lubricated with vegetable oil, cabbage is laid on it and baked until golden brown appears.

Information about the benefits and dangers of cauliflower baked in the oven in batter, as well as other recipes for cooking and how to serve it on the table can be found here.

Under cheese crust

Just like in the basic recipe (you can also mix 50 grams of grated hard cheese into the flour mixture, which is watered with a vegetable), but 10 minutes before the end of baking, the dish sprinkles 50-70 g of grated hard cheese. You can find out about other recipes baked with cauliflower cheese here.

Under sour cream

A bit away from the basic recipe:

• instead of a mixture of flour and milk, we make a mixture of 2 eggs;
• 250 g sour cream;
• 150 g of hard cheese (for example, Russian).

The rest is the same. You will find more variations of cauliflower dishes with sour cream and cheese in our article.

With minced meat

Cooking:

1. On one head is taken 250 g of ground beef, to which is added diced onion (1 piece), egg, pepper and herbs.
2. Everything is thoroughly mixed and laid out in the form, on top - cabbage, it is poured 100 ml of cream.
3. Put in the oven at 200 degrees.
4. When the cream is “seething”, cherry tomatoes are laid on the cabbage, cut in half.
5. Everything should be salted and baked for 15 minutes.
6. We take everything out of the oven, sprinkle with cheese and parsley and again send to roast until golden brown.

More cooking options for baked cauliflower with minced meat and vegetables are presented in a separate article.

Simple dishes

1. You can bake the cauliflower with chicken fillet, cut into small pieces.
2. Chicken fillet at the same time need a little fry in a skillet.

It is recommended to combine chicken and cheese.

A good cauliflower baked with other vegetables, that is, in the recipe “with vegetables” add peas instead of pepper, you get a casserole with corn and green peas, but this is also best combined with cheese.

Can mix cauliflower with broccoli (really good flavor combination) and cook one of the recipes written in the article, but instead use hard cheese instead of hard cheese. But it is better to learn about these recipes separately.

Ideas for submission

You can serve the casserole separately, as a separate dish, as a side dish for meat. You can put grilled vegetables on a plate to the casserole. You can even sprinkle some casserole with some sauce! In general, the scope for fantasy is great.

In this article, we talked about the differences between fresh and frozen cauliflower, how to properly prepare vegetables for baking, and provided the best recipes for cauliflower casseroles. Following our advice and recommendations, did you learn how to cook a wonderful hearty meal that the whole family would like. We wish you good luck in culinary endeavors.

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