Cauliflower is one of the vegetables that few people eat because it has a very strong flavor, but we have a wide variety of cauliflower recipes that will make you want to eat it every day.This time we teach you how to season it with a delicious basil pesto, making its flavor more than appetizing.
Pesto cauliflower is a perfect side dish for lunchtime and goes perfectly with all kinds of dishes.
Ingredients to make Cauliflower Pesto:
- 1 bunch of Cauliflower
- 30 grams of Basil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons of Almonds
- 1 unit of Lemon
- 1 splash of olive oil
- 1 pinch of Pepper
- 1 pinch of salt
How to make Cauliflower Pesto:
- Before making this cauliflower recipe, the first step is to get all the ingredients ready.
- In a pot with boiling water and salt, cook the cauliflower cut into pieces for 25 minutes until soft.
- Separately, to make the pesto, process the basil leaves with the garlic cloves, until completely crushed.
- Add the almonds and Parmesan cheese.
- Process again and finish the preparation of the homemade pesto by adding the olive oil little by little.
- The idea is to obtain a homogeneous and smooth paste, season with salt and pepper.
- Trick: If you want you can substitute the almonds for pine nuts to follow the original recipe of the Italian pesto sauce
- Then season the cauliflower.
- To do this, mix the cauliflower cut into slices with the pesto, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Finally serve the cauliflower with pesto and enjoy.
