Cauliflower is a tasty and healthy product, and in combination with meat it becomes doubly tasty! Do not think that it is very difficult to prepare such a dish, there are options that even an aspiring cook will successfully cope with.
Baked cauliflower goes well with any summer salad. This dish is not only tasty, but also nourishing, but you can not talk about taste.
Thanks to perfectly selected spices, cabbage will sparkle with new colors and will surprise you with its flavor. In summer this dish can be supplemented with various vegetables and greens.
About the benefits and dangers of such a dish
This product is useful for both adults and children. If we talk about the caloric content, then 100 grams of this product contains only 100 kcal. It is clear that in combination with meat, the caloric content increases significantly, but not so much as to worry about the slim figure.
Those people who watch their weight should prefer lean meat, it is best to take a turkey or chicken. Such the product has a cleansing effect, all toxins and slags quickly leave the body. Cauliflower contains in abundance vitamins C and manganese, which, in combination with meat, only increase the positive impact on human health. After such a tasty dish, the human digestive system works without problems.
It should be understood that despite the amazing taste and benefit of such a dish, it can be harmful to the human body. The fact is that cauliflower contains substances called purines, they are contraindicated for some people. Such substances are capable of dissecting and forming urinary-type acids, therefore people with gout or kidney diseases are strongly advised to refuse such a product.
Step by Step Cooking Instructions
For meat casserole with cabbage will need the following ingredients:
- cauliflower (one head);
- 300 grams of meat (lean pork);
- 2 eggs;
- half a cup of milk;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- You can grated durum cheese.
- Boil the cauliflower inflorescences, but before that the head is cleaned and divided into inflorescences.
- In parallel mode, you must begin the process of marinating meat (in this embodiment, pork is taken), it is cut into pieces, spices are added to it, salt and pepper to taste, all this is thoroughly mixed and let it stand, while the cabbage is cooked.
- It is necessary to prepare the traditional way of batter - the flour is mixed with milk and eggs, all this is thoroughly whipped. At this time the cabbage boils, it is very important that it is not digested.
- After all these manipulations, the meat and cauliflower must be carefully laid out on a baking tray, and then all this is evenly filled with batter on top (for taste, you can sprinkle with grated cheese).
- All that happened, you must send in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees, and bake.
- Now it remains to wait half an hour for everything to be ready, it turns out a beautiful, delicious and original dish in the form of a casserole, which can adequately decorate any festive table.
With beef
If the above recipe was about pork, the dish will turn out not worse if you take beef.
There are certain differences - beef pickles more time. If there is not enough time for this, then beef can be not pickled, but first boil for 40 minutes lightly. Then it should also be peppered, salt and add spices to taste.
It is best to take for the dish lean beef, then she will cook faster and calorie in it will not be much.
With turkey
The most useful and quick recipe is turkey, the amount of vitamins is unparalleled.
With this option, the best grated cheese.
With lamb
Lamb requires more thorough preparation - it must first be pickled in mineral water, as for kebabs or red wine (in the latter case, it turns out just delicious taste and aroma).
If you decide to work with lamb, then you shouldn't add grated cheese exactly.
Quick recipe
It so happens that time is short, but you need to prepare a satisfying and tasty dish, then the option of roasted meat with cauliflower is ideal.
To prepare you can take:
- ready-made chicken breasts, which are sold already sliced;
- quickly clean the cauliflower, boil it for 10 minutes;
- at this time, chicken breasts are laid out on a baking sheet and poured with salt, spices and pepper;
- then all this is shifted by boiled cabbage and sent to the oven for 20 minutes.
More information about the method of cooking cauliflower with chicken can be found here.
We offer to watch a video on how to cook baked cauliflower with chicken:
Table feed options
The dish is served to the table in the following way.:
- Such dishes can be decorated with fresh herbs, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes before serving.
- If you impose all this on fresh lettuce leaves, it will turn out not only beautiful, but also useful.
- Decorate the dish with mayonnaise cap, boiled and chopped eggs.
- You can show imagination and add mushrooms or olives there - all this will be quickly eaten.
The combination of meat with cauliflower is a great option, suitable for those who adhere to proper nutrition. One of the advantages of such food is its variability, you can use different types of meat, depending on the taste preferences of a person and his state of health.
