The value of cauliflower is difficult to overestimate. This vegetable is rich in various vitamins, minerals and fiber. Cauliflower has practically no contraindications, it can be eaten by people of all ages. Cauliflower can be an excellent first-feeding option for a small child. She is not allergenic and very useful, so you can not fear for the health of the baby.
Properly cooked cabbage can be a real treat, both every day and on a festive table. Consider how to bake it with cheese and sour cream, as well as give a couple of quick recipes.
The benefits and harm of dishes
It is difficult to imagine a balanced diet diet in which there will be no cauliflower or dishes baked in the oven. The oven is the true friend of anyone who cares about their health. It helps to make almost any food much tastier and at the same time retains all the vitamins and nutrients.
Cauliflower has a very complex chemical composition, it is rich:
- enzymes;
- vitamins C, PP, A, D, H, E, K;
- removes accumulated toxins from the body;
- prevents the development and occurrence of cancer;
- helps to lose weight;
- magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, fluorine, manganese, chlorine, potassium, copper and iron.
Cauliflower, flavored with sour cream is a tasty and healthy dish. Animal fats, contained in sour cream, help to absorb useful substances and vitamins. Calorie content of the finished product - 88, 67 calories per 100 grams, protein - 3%, carbohydrates - 1%, fat - 9%. Due to its low energy value, the dish can be eaten during the diet as the last evening meal.
Cauliflower is often used in blanks.. On the Internet there are many recipes, using which you can close the most delicious salads for the winter. They will be a great snack on a festive table. Thrifty housewives freeze this vegetable. In this way, year-round delight your loved ones with tasty and healthy food.
We offer to watch a video about the use of cauliflower and cautions when using it:
Step by step instructions for cooking in the oven with cheese and sour cream
Ingredient list:
- cauliflower head - 400-500 grams;
- sour cream 15-20% - 200-250 grams;
- salt, pepper, favorite spices - to taste.
Getting to the cooking process.
- Selection. When inspecting the heading you like, you should pay attention to the fact that the inflorescences are tight to each other, have a uniform ivory color, there are no dirt or mechanical damage on the flowers.
- Cabbage preparation. Head out well rinse and let the water drain. You can dry the inflorescences with a paper towel. Cabbage divided into several parts and cut lengthwise into portions. Put the obtained parts on greased parchment.
- Sour cream preparation. Sour cream, not less than 15% fat content mixed with salt, pepper and other spices. Dip each piece in sour cream sauce and put on a baking tray. Spread the sour cream evenly over the cabbage slices with a brush.
- Sent to the oven. Prepared cabbage is sent to the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 25 minutes. After this time is over, turn off the oven and let it stand for another 10-15 minutes.
After all the manipulations carried out, you can serve the finished dish to the table.
We offer to watch a video on how to cook cauliflower with cheese and sour cream:
How to add baked vegetables?
For those who prefer to eat properly and at the same time loves the variety in food you can enjoy. Cauliflower is a truly universal product, it can be combined, practically, with anything.
You can also bake vegetables:
- With cheese. Fans of fragrant cheese crust can, before sending a pan with buds in the oven, sprinkle the dish with their favorite sort of grated cheese. Those who want the cheese to be slightly melted can add it at the very end of cooking, after the oven is turned off, and the dish remains in it to stand on.
With greens and garlic. Fans of savory flavors can spice up the delicacy with garlic. In order to give the garlic and herbs aroma, they must be finely chopped and added to the sauce. If there is a desire to achieve sharpness and a new bright taste, then you need to add the mixture at the very end of cooking.- With bacon. It is recommended to slice the bacon into thin slices, roll them up and put them in between the inflorescences.
- With apples. Cauliflower baked with apples and sour cream will play a special flavor if you add a pinch of curry. Before cooking, the apples should be peeled and coreed, cut into slices and boiled, put on the stove, adding a few carnation flowers, and cooked until soft. After the apples are ready, mash them, add your favorite spices and add to the cream sauce.
- With other vegetables (carrots, asparagus, tomatoes, onions, Mexican vegetable mix, eggplants, zucchini). The taste of cauliflower can favorably emphasize other vegetables. To do this, just select your favorite vegetables, wash them, dry them with a towel, cut them into small slices and put them on a baking sheet, pour them abundantly with sour cream sauce. Bake until done.
- With vegetable oil. Ideal olive refined oil. It is necessary to add italian or Italian herbs and salt, dip in it portion portions of cabbage and put on a sheet for baking. Bake 25 minutes at 200 degrees.
With greens and garlic. Fans of savory flavors can spice up the delicacy with garlic. In order to give the garlic and herbs aroma, they must be finely chopped and added to the sauce. If there is a desire to achieve sharpness and a new bright taste, then you need to add the mixture at the very end of cooking.Blitz recipes from the "guests on the threshold" series
Any hostess knows that from this vegetable you can quickly cook a side dish or main course.Even when the guests are very close, you can quickly prepare an amazing delicacy.
Stewed with mushrooms
For the preparation we need:
- cauliflower - 400-500 grams;
- champignons, in the same amount as cabbage;
- one onion;
- low-fat sour cream 200-250 gr;
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- spoon of vegetable oil;
- salt, spices and herbs to taste.
- Cabbage disassembled into blankets inflorescences in boiling water.
- Fry the sliced mushrooms, onions and cabbage in a frying pan until half ready.
- Then add sour cream to the pan and add salt and spices.
- Stew until tender.
- If the gravy is too thick, you can enter into it the water that remained after blanching.
- Before serving, put on a dish and decorate with greens.
We offer to watch a video on how to cook cauliflower with mushrooms:
Cream soup
Required:
- in equal parts potatoes, cauliflower; carrots about 300 grams;
- one onion;
- garlic clove;
- 1.5 faceted glass of water;
- tablespoon butter;
- 200 grams of cream;
- salt, pepper, bay leaf and other spices, according to their own preferences.
- Wash vegetables, peel and boil until cooked in salted water with spices.
- After the vegetables are cooked add cream and cream a little in the pan.
- Put it on a slow fire for 15 minutes and ensure that the mixture does not boil.
- After this time, blend everything with a blender.
- Arrange in portions and decorate with greens.
We offer you to watch a video on how to make cauliflower puree soup:
How to serve
Cauliflower baked in sour cream - a versatile dish. It is perfect as a side dish for meat or fish. He is not ashamed to put on the festive table. One of the best additions to it can be meat stewed, roasted or baked on the coals.
Fried in a pan, grate or steamed fish will sparkle with new flavors in combination with this tasty and healthy vegetable. A great and elegant way to serve cauliflower is in portions. Each guest should have a couple of pieces of delicacy decorated with finely chopped fresh herbs in the plate.
A photo
In the photo you can see how you can serve a vegetable baked with cheese and sour cream:
Conclusion
Cauliflower - a storehouse of nutrients, as well as a very tasty product. Cooking this vegetable there are many variations. A good housewife can easily choose a cooking method that will become a favorite with her household.
