Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini Sauce
This recipe has been adapted from the restaurant ABCV in NYC. They were kind enough to give me the ingredients for their tahini sauce when I asked, and I put together this recipe to closely resemble their iconic whole roasted cauliflower with tahini sauce dish.
Servings 4
Equipment
- Small mixing bowl
- Baking tray
- Food brush
- Serving dish
Ingredients
Roasted Cauliflower
- 1 head cauliflower
- ⅓ cup vegetable broth
- 2 tsps garlic powder
- 2 tsps onion powder
- 2 tsps smoked paprika
- 2 tsps cumin powder
- 2 tsps curry powder
- 1 tsp black pepper powder
- 2 - 3 tbsp pomegranate seeds
- ½ cup parsley chopped
- Sea salt to taste
Tahini Sauce
- ¾ cup roasted tahini
- 2 lemons juiced
- 3 garlic cloves roasted & minced
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- ½ tsp mustard powder
- 5 - 7 tbsp water
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 430 F
- Trim the leaves from the cauliflower
- Add all the spices to a mixing bowl and add ⅓ cup of broth. You can also use oil if you are serving guests or at a party to make the dish more decadent.
- Place the cauliflower in a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Pour the spice mixture on it 1 tbsp at time. Coat evenly.
- Then flip it upside down and brush the remaining spices on the bottom.
- Bake first the bottom side up for 20 - 30 minutes and then flip it up the right way and bake for another 20 - 30 minutes.
- The tahini sauce can be made whilst the cauliflower head is baking
- Place the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, maple syrup, mustard powder and water in a blender and blend until smooth but not runny
- Once the cauliflower is baked, take it out of the oven
- Pour some of the tahini sauce on the bottom of the serving dish
- Plate the cauliflower on top of the bed of tahini. Drizzle the remaining tahini all over the cauliflower head.
- To serve, garnish with pomegranate arils and chopped parsley
Notes
I recommend either using Bonafide Provisions veggie broth- it is a cleanly made option- or using any of the Medical Medium broths. He has quite a few- The Healing Broth, Bronchial Broth, Liver Rescue Broth, and Thyroid Healing Broth. As a tip, you can batch and freeze these options for use when cooking.
