Roasted Cauliflower, Lavender, Rosemary and Garlic

Submitted by Rita1652

"Heavenly scented cauliflower thats tender and crisp! The picture is purple cauliflower. No color adding! Fun for Halloween. ;)"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 large cauliflower (trimmed and cut into bite size pieces)
• 8 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
• 1 -2 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
• 1 teaspoon fresh lavender
• 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt
• 1 fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup olive oil, plus
• more olive oil, to drizzle

directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Mix oil, garlic, rosemary, lavender, pepper, salt, lemon and oil together.
3. Toss in cauliflower and place in a large casserole dish in a single layer not over crowdering.
4. Roast 20 minutes give a toss and bake for 15 more.
5. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with a lavender sprig.

Reviews

[WiGal]

We enjoy roasted veggies and these were very nice. I didn’t have any lavender but did have thyme flowers so used them instead. I assembled earlier in afternoon and it worked out fine. Served with recipe#428515, recipe#202181, and recipe#429987. Thanks for posting ~Rita~. Made for Unrulies Under the Influence during ZWT6 tour of Great Britain.

 

[Lalaloula]

I would have never thought to use lavender in cooking (I bake with it), but this recipe really made me curious as to what the taste would be like. So I tried it and I have to say: it was one of the best cauliflower recipes I have ever tried. The roasty flavour combined so well with the aromatic fragrant taste of the lavender. Mmmm, I couldnt get enough of this! Thankfully it is so healthy, that I could eat and eat and eat. THANKS SO MUCH for sharing this special recipe with us, ~Rita~! Made and reviewed for Veggie Swap #21 April 2010.

 

[MA HIKER]

This is delicious! My lavender hedge is gorgeous right now and I love finding a recipe calling for fresh lavender. Now if only I can remember to dry some to use in recipes later... My DH was not a big fan of this recipe (tastes like potpourri) but all my guests loved it! I will make it again before my lavender goes by! Thanks! ZWT 3

 

[Kittencalrecipezazz]

This was really good although I did leave out the lavender flour as I did not have any. Mine took less time than stated to roast. Thanks Rita!...Kitten:)

 

[Paris D]

My husband liked it, but I did not care for it. I would recommend leaving out the lemon. The lemon flavor didn't seem to fit. Also, the roasting left the garlic somewhat burned/crispy and burned garlic is bitter. I probably just did something incorrectly.