Cauliflower Mash & Homemade Hummus
Cauliflower Mash
So much better than mashed potatoes, and significantly better for you too! This recipe is a crowd pleaser and I’m often asked to make it when I cook dinner for friends and family.
Ingredients:
• 12 oz cauliflower, broken up (~ 1 head)
• 1 fresh tomato, seeded
• 1 bulb of garlic, roasted
• 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• ~1⁄4 tsp. salt
• ~1⁄4 tsp. black pepper
Equipment:
• Chef knife
• Aluminum foil
• Baking tray
• Sturdy spatula
• Bench scraper, optional
• High-powered blender or food processor
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line your baking sheet with a piece of foil. Place your cauliflower, and tomato (stem side down) on top of the foil you just placed on your baking sheet. Make sure to put the tomato towards one end of the baking sheet (this will make sense later). Slice the top off of your bulb of garlic so you can see most of the cloves inside and wrap in foil, then place on your baking sheet. Roast in a 350F degree oven for 45-min.
2. At the end of the 45-min, set the bulb of roasted garlic aside and use the aluminum foil as a funnel to add your now roasted cauliflower and tomato to the blender, tomato first. If you do this so the tomato falls in first, you’ll be making sure you get the needed moisture in your blender where it will be most beneficial and make your life much easier. Add the butter, salt, and black pepper to the blender.
3. Remove your bulb of garlic from the foil and, using a bench scraper or the flat side of a large knife, press out all of the roasted garlic against a cutting board. Discard the, now empty, garlic husk. Use the bench scraper to scoop up the garlic and add to your blender.
4. Blend all of the ingredients until you get a smooth and consistent texture, about 1 minute. Taste your blended ingredients, and if the flavors feel dull, add another 1-2 pinches of salt and blend for another 10 seconds. Enjoy!
Hummus ingredients
- 1 can (about 16oz) of garbanzo beans, drained
- 1 fresh lemon
- All the zest
- All of the juice
- 1/4 C. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbsp. ground cumin
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled
- 2-3 drops of sesame oil
- Salt
- Black pepper
