Today I would like to tell you a recipe for a very tasty dish that many of you will like. This is stuffed cauliflower baked in the oven. Even the most inexperienced housewife can cook it. Cabbage will turn into an exquisite dish and will decorate the holiday table if you do everything correctly, with love, and in a good mood. You can pamper your loved ones with it on an ordinary day, and you yourself can enjoy the taste of this original dish.
Previously, cauliflower was grown in warm overseas regions. Its seeds came to Russia in the 18th century. She had a hard time getting accustomed to it. Farmers managed to grow frost-resistant varieties and adapt it to the local climate.
It's autumn outside, cauliflower can be purchased inexpensively at the market or in the supermarket. Perhaps some of you grow it in your garden, and it is always at hand. You can use it to prepare many healthy and tasty dishes that will appeal to both adults and children.
Microorganisms found in cauliflower protect the intestinal microflora from viruses and bacteria. It contains many vitamins, such as vitamin C, which strengthens the immune system, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B6, E, vitamin K, which helps absorb calcium.
It contains many minerals. In 100 gr. vegetable contains 200 mg. potassium, 51 mg. phosphorus, 17 mg. calcium, 1.4 mg. iron, about 3 mcg. iodine, 150 mcg. manganese
How to choose the right cauliflower? If it is fresh, the inflorescences will be white, without spots. The presence of dark spots indicates that it was picked a long time ago and was stored in unsuitable conditions. It is recommended to store it in a cool place, preferably in the refrigerator, for no more than one week. It can be frozen. When frozen, it retains all its beneficial properties for up to six months.
Cauliflower casserole with minced meat - basic cooking principles
Before cooking, cauliflower is washed and separated into small florets. Then the vegetable is boiled in boiling water for about five minutes, drained in a colander and cooled. In addition to cauliflower, you will need onions and carrots to prepare the casserole. These vegetables are peeled, chopped and fried in a pan.
Minced meat is used chicken, beef, mixed or pork. The minced meat is mixed with fried vegetables and placed in a mold, leveled and the boiled cauliflower is placed on it, lightly pressing into the meat mass. Thin slices of cheese are placed on top and baked. The casserole can be formed by laying out the ingredients in layers.
Beaten eggs with milk or sour cream are used as filling.
For variety, the dish is prepared with other vegetables or mushrooms.
Description
Stuffed cauliflower cooked in the oven will definitely surprise your family and guests with its original appearance. This dish can easily become the main decoration of the table for any holiday, but you can bake cabbage with minced meat just to pamper your loved ones. The recipe for stuffed cauliflower is simple, and the result in any case will be impressive, and the dish will not leave anyone indifferent.
Cauliflower is a very popular vegetable nowadays. There are hundreds of recipes for cooking dishes that include it, and all of them, without exception, are very tasty, and most importantly, healthy. You can write about the benefits of cauliflower for a very long time. What is known is that it is even healthier than other varieties. It contains a large amount of vitamins, such as B vitamins, as well as A, PP and C. In addition to all this, cauliflower contains useful elements such as phosphorus, magnesium, calcium and iron.
It is interesting that cauliflower first appeared in Russia only in the 18th century. Before that, it was known only in some overseas countries, and its seeds came to us at a huge price. And since this plant is quite heat-loving, it had difficulty taking root in the Russian climate, which is far from the Arabian climate, where this vegetable first appeared. But in the end, farmers managed to develop more cold-resistant varieties of cauliflower, and its cultivation went uphill.
One of the beneficial properties of cauliflower is that the microorganisms contained in it protect the intestinal microflora from a variety of viruses and bacteria, and also protect the digestive system from ulcers.
Cauliflower is an excellent product for weight loss due to its low calorie content. Many nutritionists recommend including it in the diet of those who carefully monitor their figure, because this vegetable perfectly fills you up and helps suppress hunger for a long time.
Cauliflower stuffed with minced meat is very easy to prepare. No special skills are needed here. All you need is a ready-made list of necessary ingredients and our recipe with step-by-step photos, the recommendations of which will help you cook a delicious dish in the oven for lunch.
Recipe 2: cabbage stuffed with buckwheat and mushrooms
- Cabbage 1kg
- Buckwheat 100g
- Bow 1pc
- Chicken fillet 250g
- Champignons 150g
- Eggs 3pcs
- Vegetable oil 6 tablespoons
- Butter 30g
- Sour cream 3 tablespoons
- Grated cheese 2 tablespoons
- Salt, pepper to taste
Cut the stalk from the head of cabbage and boil lightly, disassembling it into leaves as the leaves become soft. Cut off thickenings on the leaves.
Boil the buckwheat for 20 minutes, I took it in bags, it’s very convenient. Add butter to hot buckwheat and stir. Hard boil 2 eggs.
Cut the chicken fillet into pieces and fry for 10 minutes in vegetable oil.
Add finely chopped onion, salt, pepper and simmer for another 10-15 minutes.
Cut the champignons into slices and fry in vegetable oil.
Grind the finished fillets with onions and champignons in a blender and add to the buckwheat. Add finely chopped boiled eggs and parsley, 2 tablespoons of sour cream.
Stir, adding salt and pepper to taste.
Beat the egg with 1 tablespoon of sour cream with a fork. Take a cone-shaped bowl, grease it lightly with oil and line it with cabbage leaves, hanging the edges over the sides (to cover the stuffed cabbage). Brush the leaves where they overlap each other with egg and sour cream.
Place a 1cm layer of filling on the bottom and around the edges of the pan. Place a layer of cabbage leaves on top and again minced meat and so on until the form is filled. Cover the top with cabbage leaves, left in 1 layer, brushing with egg and sour cream.
Turn the bowl over onto a baking sheet (I lined it with foil), brush with egg and sour cream.
Bake for 1 hour at 200 degrees. 15 minutes before the end, brush the cabbage with the remaining egg and sour cream and sprinkle with grated cheese. Brush the top of the finished stuffed cabbage with melted butter.
Serve cut into pieces with sour cream.
Recipe 6: cabbage stuffed with carrots and vegetables
- brown rice - 0.5 cup.
- sweet pepper - 1 pc.
- eggplant or zucchini - 1 pc.
- tomato - 2 pcs.
- onions - 3 pcs.
- carrots - 1 pc.
- cabbage - 1 head
- vegetable broth - 1 cup.
- grated tomato pulp - 500 g
- freshly ground black pepper - to taste
- salt - to taste
- olive oil - to taste
- celery greens - 1 bunch
- parsley - 1 bunch
Using a small sharp knife, remove the stalk and outer coarse leaves from the head of cabbage. Place the head of cabbage in a large saucepan half filled with boiling salted water, bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes. Place in a colander to drain.
Remove seeds from pepper. Make a cross-shaped cut on the tomatoes, pour boiling water over them and remove after 30 seconds. Remove the skin. Cut carrots, 2 onions, pepper and tomato into small cubes. Stir, place in a heat-resistant form, sprinkle with oil and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Boil the rice until half cooked. Add to vegetables and stir. Finely chop the greens. Add to filling, reserving some for decoration. Add salt, pepper and mix.
Carefully bend the cabbage leaves from the middle to the edges.
Place the filling between the leaves. Shape the cabbage into a head of cabbage, cover it tightly with gauze or tie it with twine. Place the head of cabbage in a saucepan.
Cauliflower tastes good when baked in foil, as well as boiled, stewed and fried. We tested the taste for ourselves and offer an option for preparing a festive, but at the same time satisfying dietary dish - whole cauliflower baked in the oven under cheese with chicken (minced meat) - vegetable bun.
This is a fairly simple recipe that does not require any special skills in preparation; step-by-step photos deliciously illustrate the cooking process. Even a beginner in the culinary business can cope. And on the eve of a home holiday, for the New Year's table menu, this will be a super dish.
In short, everything is very simple, you will need to boil the whole vegetable: boil it, stuff it with cooked minced chicken, wrap it in foil and bake. And you will receive a festive, beautiful dish in the shape of a kolobok, which will delight your family with its taste and aesthetic properties. So, let's start cooking, the whole process takes 1 hour and 10 minutes.
To prepare the “Kolobok” dish from cauliflower with minced chicken in the oven, for 4 servings, you need the following ingredients:
- Cauliflower - 1 head of excellent quality
- Milk - 0.5 liters
- Purified water – 100 grams
- Chicken tenderloin – 400 grams
- Onions - 2 onions
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Spices for meat - 0.5 teaspoon
- Bell pepper - 1 piece
- Carrots - 1 piece
- Hard cheese - 100 grams
- Vegetable oil - 30 grams
Step-by-step preparation steps, recipe with photos:
Preparation
1. Free the cabbage fork from the leaves and cut off part of the stalk from the bottom, being careful not to damage the ovary on it. Rinse in water.
2. Pour 0.5 tbsp into a saucepan or cauldron. l. salt and add a head of cauliflower. Pour in hot water and boil for about 15 minutes. There is no need to cook until done, as the cabbage will become very soft and fall apart in your hands when stuffed! To prevent the vegetable from darkening, after cooking it must be immediately cooled in cold water. Or simply add vinegar or citric acid to the water when boiling.
3. While the cabbage is cooking, make the minced meat. The best choice for cabbage is minced pork and beef, which contains both lard and beef flavor. If this is not available, then any minced meat will do, but try to choose a meat product with a high fat content, which the cabbage will absorb when baking. Beat a chicken egg into the minced meat and add the remaining dry spices. Mix well.
4. Stuff the cooled cabbage with minced meat, alternately pushing back the ovaries and inserting the minced meat. Try to do this as carefully as possible. Use the remaining minced meat to fill the gaps at the bottom of the vegetable.
5. Coat the cabbage with mayonnaise and place in foil.
We will need:
A head of cauliflower, not too young and not too big;
Minced meat, at your discretion;
Definitely some kind of sauce;
Well, salt and spices.
In our case, we used a 700 gram pump (I advise you to take a couple of pumps, but smaller ones),
minced beef (with onions) approximately 0.5 kg,
sour cream and a little cheese for coating,
Naturally, spices and salt.
So, boil the cabbage in salted water. Don't overdo it, otherwise the cabbage may fall apart into florets, but we don't want that.
it turns out like this:
Coat the top with sour cream/mayonnaise/sauce of your choice.
Well, you can sprinkle it with cheese. There's not enough cheese here, because there wasn't much of it.. In fact, more was asked for..
This is what the cut piece looks like:
PS: If this seemed complicated to you, or the cabbage still fell apart, you can just make a casserole with cabbage. It turns out pretty tasty :)
We first put a layer of minced meat, then trample cabbage into it, then a little onion... a little wine and cheese and sour cream/mayonnaise on top.
Cabbage stuffed with vegetables, meat, or rice is a hearty dish that will not leave anyone indifferent. Step-by-step recipes to help you in the kitchen!
- cabbage
- 1 egg
- vegetable oil
- 0.5 tbsp rice
- a bunch of chopped parsley or dill
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- pepper
- cumin
- 2 tbsp meat broth
Take a medium head of cabbage and boil it for 6 minutes after the water boils.
Pulling it out of the water, let it flow with the inflorescence down (so that the water drains from the inside.)
Prepare the minced meat, fry one large onion in olive oil until golden brown, add half a glass of rice, add a bunch of finely chopped parsley or dill, leave on the fire for another 3 minutes, stirring, then set aside to cool.
Separately mix the minced meat, a glass of tomato sauce, one egg, salt, pepper, cumin, mint... whatever you like...
Add the cooled rice with onions and mix well.
By this time the cabbage has already cooled down, turn it over onto a sheet of foil, open the leaves, remove the core and begin stuffing.
We transfer each sheet with a small amount of minced meat and carefully return it to its place.
When the cabbage is all covered with minced meat, we squeeze the head of cabbage with our hands so that the cabbage takes on its original form.
Of course, it will be a little thicker, but it will still be a beautiful, round cabbage.
Wrap the cabbage in foil and poke small holes in the base with a knife.
Transfer the cabbage to a fireproof bowl
Take 2 cups of meat broth and add any seasonings to it.
Pour this broth over our cabbage and put it in the oven for an hour (or a little more).
Periodically remove from the oven and pour over the broth.
Having taken the cabbage out of the oven, we free it from the aluminum captivity.
Place in a deep dish and fill with broth.
Stuffed cauliflower - recipe with photo
An easy to prepare and delicious stuffed cauliflower recipe. Meat goes very well with cabbage. The dish turns out juicy.
Prepare all the necessary ingredients.
Grind the onion in a meat grinder and add to the minced meat.
Beat the egg into the minced meat, add salt and ground black pepper.
Mix well.
Boil cauliflower in salted water. Cook for about 7-8 minutes, checking with a fork for doneness. The cabbage should remain slightly undercooked so that it does not fall apart during stuffing.
Remove the cabbage from the water and leave to cool.
Carefully place the minced meat between the cauliflower florets, trying to stuff it as tightly as possible.
Generously coat the cabbage with mayonnaise. Transfer the cabbage to a greased baking sheet.
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Bake for 30 minutes. 5-7 minutes before readiness, if desired, you can apply a mayonnaise mesh to the cabbage or sprinkle it with grated cheese (about 100 gr.)
Remove the cooked cabbage from the oven. Check its readiness by piercing it with a fork. If a fork fits in easily, the cabbage is ready. Cut the slightly cooled cabbage into portions.
Serve hot. Bon appetit!
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Compound:
- 1.5 kg head of cauliflower (preferably loose)
- 150 grams of Adyghe cheese
- 150 gr
- 150 ml + 3 tbsp. spoons of sour cream
- spices: 1 teaspoon each of black pepper, turmeric, or others of your choice
- a bunch of greens (your choice - parsley, dill, cilantro)
- In a large saucepan, boil water with salt (for 3 liters of water you need about 3 tablespoons of coarse salt).
- Place a whole head of cauliflower in it, let it boil and cook for about 5-7 minutes until half cooked. Be careful not to overcook the cabbage, otherwise it will fall apart!
- Drain the water and leave the cabbage to cool.
- Grate Adyghe cheese on a coarse grater.
Grated Adyghe cheese - Grate hard cheese as well.
Grated hard cheese - To the Adyghe cheese add 1/3 of grated hard cheese, chopped herbs, 3 tbsp. spoons of sour cream, a pinch of salt and ½ teaspoon of all the spices indicated in the composition. Mix.
- Mix 150 ml of sour cream with 1/3 teaspoon of salt and the remaining spices (½ teaspoon each).
Sour cream with spices - Stuff cooled cauliflower with cheese filling. You need to try to fill all the voids between the inflorescences. First, fill it from the bottom, then turn it over and, carefully pushing the inflorescences apart, insert the filling between them. If your head of cabbage is not as dense as mine in the photo, then this can be done quite easily.
- Grease a baking dish (or baking sheet) with vegetable oil and transfer the stuffed cauliflower into it.
- Then we do the same as with - grease it on all sides with sour cream and spices.
Cauliflower in sour cream - Sprinkle the remaining grated hard cheese on top.
Stuffed cabbage sprinkled with cheese - Place in a preheated oven and bake until cooked and golden brown, about 30-40 minutes at 200°C.
Vegetarian Stuffed Cauliflower
Cut the finished cabbage into pieces and serve, maybe with some...
Cauliflower stuffed with cheese and herbs, cut into sections
That's all! In fact, this dish is very easy and quick to prepare. The only difficulty may be the stuffing process itself. Therefore, it is better to choose a fork that is not too dense, or instead of a whole head of cabbage, you can take half a large one, cut along the stalk. If suddenly your cabbage breaks, just give it the shape of a whole head of cabbage before greasing it with sour cream.
PS If you liked the recipe, there will be a lot of delicious things to come.
Bon appetit!
Julia author of the recipe
Stuffed cauliflower step by step recipe
Cauliflower stuffed with minced meat is a recipe that, without a doubt, even gourmets will like.
Did you think you knew everything about cauliflower? I also had the same opinion. How wrong I was. It turns out that cauliflower can be stuffed easily. Previously, I only had enough to divide it into inflorescences, boil them and fry them in batter. It turns out very tasty. But having once tried such an original dish at an old friend’s, I was simply amazed and pleasantly surprised by the ease of preparation, spectacular appearance and excellent taste of ordinary cabbage.
But why ordinary? Cauliflower is a real storehouse of various vitamins and nutrients. I ate a cauliflower dish and charged my body with everything it needed, and it is not at all necessary to swallow whole handfuls of vitamin tablets.
I am glad that I have the opportunity to share with you, dear readers, this wonderful cabbage recipe. I am sure that once you try it, you will forever join the ranks of lovers of cauliflower stuffed with minced meat.
- Cauliflower – 900 g
- Pork pulp - 300 g
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 100 g
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Refined oil - 1 tbsp. l.
- Gentle curry - 1 tsp.
- Parsley - 3 sprigs
- Dill - 3 sprigs
- Salt - 1 tbsp. l.
- Peel the onions, rinse in water and finely chop.
- First cut the pork into small pieces to make further cooking easier.
- Now we chop the meat into medium mince. Important! Do not twist in a meat grinder!
- Boil 2.5 liters of water, add 2/3 tablespoons of salt and curry. Then carefully lower the cabbage into the water, let it boil, and cook for 5 minutes. After the time has passed, remove the cabbage from the water and let it cool.
- Divide the egg into yolk and white. Add the yolk to the minced meat, add the remaining salt and pepper to taste.
- Now you need to thoroughly knead and beat the minced meat. Exactly, beat it off. The minced meat is thrown forcefully onto the work surface of the table. So it becomes more tender and softer. Add pre-chopped dill and parsley to the minced meat.
- Cut out the stalk of the cooled cabbage and remove part of the inflorescence stems. We do this very carefully so that the cabbage does not crumble.
- First, we start stuffing the cauliflower with prepared minced meat from the stalk side.
- Next, we turn the head of cabbage over and continue stuffing between the inflorescences, trying to evenly fill all the voids.
- After stuffing the cabbage, grease the baking paper with vegetable oil.
- Place the cabbage on the prepared paper, stalk side up, and place it in the oven for 30 minutes. Keep the temperature at 180ºC.
- After 30 minutes, remove the cabbage from the oven and turn it over.
- Then we grease the head of cabbage with the protein we left earlier and generously sprinkle with pre-grated hard cheese. Using a spoon or spatula, try to lightly compact the cheese. This will make the dish even tastier. Place the cauliflower back in the oven for another 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, remove the cabbage from the oven. Cauliflower stuffed with chopped meat is ready! What a miracle we have achieved.
- Carefully cut the cabbage into portions and place on a plate. You can serve it with fresh vegetables and herbs as a separate dish.
Bon appetit!
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Stuffed cauliflower baked in the oven
Stuffed cauliflower baked in the oven is an original and very tasty dish that will always come in handy at your table! The cabbage itself turns out juicy, aromatic and moderately soft. It holds its shape perfectly, so you can serve it to the table in beautiful pieces.
We will stuff it with minced pork, onions and carrots, and sprinkle cheese on top - we will get a fragrant and slightly crispy golden crust. In general, the deliciousness is incredible!
Ingredients:
- 1 head of cauliflower (not very large)
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 300-350 g minced pork
- 50-60 g hard cheese
- 3-4 tbsp. sour cream
- Salt, black pepper and herbs to taste
Cooking the dish step by step with photos:
- Take a head of cabbage, remove the leaves and rinse thoroughly under running water.
- Place in cold salted water and put on fire. Bring to a boil and let simmer for about 15 minutes. During this time, the cauliflower should become softer.
- Now take out the cabbage and let it cool a little.
- Peel the carrots, wash them and grate them.
- We clean and wash the onion. Cut into pieces.
- Fry carrots and onions in vegetable oil until golden brown. Don't forget to add salt to taste.
- We pass the pork through a meat grinder.
- Add onions and carrots and mix. Add pepper and herbs to taste.
- Carefully separate the cabbage inflorescences and stuff them with a mixture of minced meat, onions and carrots, pushing them deep into the inflorescences with your fingers.
- Place stuffed cauliflower on foil.
- Lubricate with sour cream and let it absorb a little.
- Wrap the cauliflower in foil and place in the oven at 180 C for 30 minutes.
- Three cheese on a fine grater.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese, pressing along the edges.
- Place in the oven and bake the cabbage until golden brown.
- Stuffed cauliflower is ready! Let's bring it to the table!
- Cut into portions - by the way, stuffed cauliflower holds its shape perfectly.
Bon appetit!
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