Roasted Cauliflower with Pine Nuts and Raisins

Cauliflower roasted with pine nuts and golden raisins adds a bit of sweetness to an already delicious way to cook cauliflower. If you haven’t tried roasting cauliflower, give this recipe a try, it will win you over.

After making all of Taylor’s favorite comfort foods for the last month, I was searching for something a little lighter to go with dinner.  Nana was riding in the car with me to Pinehurst and I had her look through a new cookbook I had picked up to see what she could find. We decided we would try this recipe as it didn’t look like it took too much effort and I liked the idea of golden raisins.

We were right, this was super easy. While we thought it would be good, I wasn’t prepared for how the slightly sweet raisins and garlic complimented the roasted cauliflower.  We all loved this so much that there was not a crumb left in the bowl.  Even Nana was crazy about it.  Who would have thought to add raisins to cauliflower.  I hope you enjoy this as much as we did. We will be making it a lot this summer.

Adaped from Southern LivingFarmers Market Cookbook

Roasted Cauliflower with Pine Nuts and Raisins

Cauliflower roasted with pine nuts and golden raisons adds a bit of sweetness to an already delicious way to cook cauliflower. If you haven’t tried roasting cauliflower, give this recipe a try, it will win you over. 

• Author: Barbara Curry
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: 4 1x
• Category: vegetable

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Ingredients

• ¼ cup golden raisins
• 1 head cauliflower
• ¼ cup pine nuts
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400º. Cover raisins with boiling water in a small bowl, let stand for 5 minutes until plump and drain.
2. Cut cauliflower into equal-size florets and place in large bowl. Add pine nuts, olive oil and thyme and toss. Season with salt and pepper. Spread in a single layer in a jelly-roll pan. Bake for 20 minutes or until edges of cauliflower are toasted.
3. While the cauliflower is cooking, microwave butter and garlic in a small glass bowl for 30 seconds. Stir in raisins and breadcrumbs.
4. Remove cauliflower from oven and turn oven to broil. Toss raisin mixture with cauliflower and broil for about 2 minutes until golden.