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Spiced Butter Cauliflower with Marinated Feta and Lemon

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Spiced Butter Cauliflower with Marinated Feta and Lemon

These cauliflower steaks marinated in spiced butter are topped with marinated feta for an easy stow-stopping barbecue dish.
Serves 4
Total 40 min
Prep 15 min
Cook 25 min
Easy

Introduction from Rukmini Iyer

While I enjoy the restrained drama of a whole cauliflower, carved at the table, you can reduce the time between prep and consumption by cutting your cauliflower into large steaks. This version with spiced butter and marinated feta is a favourite.

Ingredients

1 cauliflower, plus its leaves
8 cardamom pods, seeds only
2 tsp coriander seeds
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tsp sea salt flakes
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 tbsp olive oil
For the marinated feta:
200g feta, cut into small pieces
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
½ lemon, juice only
3 pieces of lemon peel
A pinch of chilli flakes
1 tsp coriander seeds, crushed
A handful of fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

Essential kit

You will need: a barbecue and a pestle and mortar.

Method

Trim the base of the cauliflower, then carefully slice it into 2½cm ‘steaks’ – you should have at least 4. (Save the trimmings, and roast them with a little oil, sea salt and smoked paprika to have as a snack.)

Bash the cardamom and coriander seeds in a pestle and mortar, then mix with the melted butter, sea salt flakes and chilli flakes. Brush the mixture all over the cauliflower steaks, then set aside. Toss the cauliflower leaves with the olive oil and set aside.

Gently stir the feta with the olive oil, lemon juice, lemon peel, chilli flakes, coriander seeds and mint, and set aside.

Once your barbecue is good and hot, grill the cauliflower steaks for 10 minutes on one side, and 5–8 minutes on the other side, until nicely charred and just cooked through. When your cauliflower has about 10 minutes left, grill the reserved leaves for 2–3 minutes, or until crisp. Arrange the steaks and leaves on a platter and scatter over the marinated feta and dressing. Serve hot.

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