Don’t you ever boil cauliflower. The humble white vegetable deserves more to bring out all its nutty-flavoured glory. Roast cauliflower whole, head and all, or toss the cauliflower florets in spices and pop them into bright and colourful salads as a side dish or substantial main.
Cauliflower and cheese are a classic match for good reason – see the cauliflower mac and cheese, classic cauliflower cheese recipe, and our triple-cheese cauliflower bake to rule them all. And of course, there are easy cauliflower recipes to have on hand, such as a reliable cauliflower soup.
We also have Middle Eastern-style recipes for cauliflower, vegan dishes where the cruciferous veg is the star, a curried cauliflower recipe, and a Kerela curry served atop cauliflower rice. Then, there are recipes with cauliflower roasted whole and served with a salty anchovy sauce. And if we had to pick the best cauliflower recipe in this collection? Well, it might just be Nik Hill’s show-stopping cauliflower cheese tart.
Here are our favourite, most creative cauliflower recipes.
Roast cauliflower with almond sauce
Ciocchetti with anchovies, cauliflower and pangrattato
Photo: Con Poulos
Dukkah-crusted cauliflower with tahini
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Fried cauliflower in baharat and tahini sauce
Photo: Alicia Taylor
Baharat cauliflower and walnut-bread sauce
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Roast garlic, cheddar and ale soup with fried cauliflower
Photo: William Meppem
Summer tomato curry with cauliflower rice
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Roasted whole cauliflower with wakame butter and toasted crumbs
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Roasted cauliflower, Brussels sprout and chickpea salad
Photo: Ben Dearnley
A lamb and cauliflower “shepherd’s pie”
Photo: James Moffatt
Harissa-roasted cauliflower with preserved-lemon dressing
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Roasted cauliflower salad with chickpeas and dates
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Triple-cheese cauliflower
Photo: Alicia Taylor
Cauliflower and egg “fried rice”
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Cauliflower and hazelnut strozzapreti with Gorgonzola
Photo: William Meppem
Roast cauliflower hummus with fried chickpeas and flatbread
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Cauliflower mac and cheese
Photo: Alicia Taylor
Freekeh and shaved cauliflower salad with herb dressing
Photo: William Meppem
Whole roast cauliflower with parsley and anchovy sauce
Photo: John Paul Urizar
Cauliflower fritters with lemon
Photo: William Meppem
Fuyu’s fried cauliflower with white miso, sesame and furikake
Photo: John Paul Urizar
Cauliflower and anchovy pasta
Photo: Sharyn Cairns
Tonka’s warm cauliflower salad with yoghurt, mint and green chilli
Photo: William Meppem
Cauliflower piccalilli with ham and buttermilk biscuits
Photo: Sharyn Cairns
Supermaxi’s battered beetroot and cauliflower
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Cauliflower and bacon soup
Photo: William Meppem
Stokehouse’s candied walnuts, fried spiced cauliflower, currants and pine nuts
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Roast cauliflower with almonds, Israeli couscous and za’atar
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Cauliflower steaks with grain salad and spiced dressing
Photo: William Meppem
Hungarian paprika-spiced cauliflower soup
Photo: John Paul Urizar
A classic cauliflower soup with cheddar toast
Photo: William Meppem
Cauliflower, silken tofu and walnut rice bowl
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Cauliflower, pomegranate and quinoa salad
Photo: Nic Gossage
Roasted cauliflower curry with lime and coriander
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Kerala-style prawn curry with cauliflower rice
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Orecchiette with cauliflower and walnut brown-butter pesto
Photo: William Meppem
Roasted cauliflower salad with yoghurt dressing and almonds
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Fried cauliflower with parmesan wafers and tahini yoghurt
Photo: William Meppem
Cauliflower, bacon and cheese fritters
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Roasted cauliflower and tahini dip with crudités and flatbread
Photo: Benito Martin
Pan-fried ocean trout with cauliflower, almonds and brown butter
Photo: John Paul Urizar
Photo: William Meppem
Dhal with crisp cauliflower and rasam
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Warm cauliflower, chickpea and beetroot salad
Photo: Mark Roper
Potato and cauliflower tortelloni
Photo: William Meppem
Leek, chorizo and cauliflower bake
Photo: Ben Dearnley
Whole roasted cauliflower with fermented chilli butter
Photo: Benito Martin
Nik Hill’s cauliflower cheese tart
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