Crab & Cauliflower

9 ingredients8 steps
Cakebread Cellars, California
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Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 450°F.

  2. 2

    Toss the cauliflower with 3 tablespoons of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and spread out on a sheet pan or shallow casserole dish.

  3. 3

    Place in the center of the hot oven and roast for 10-12 minutes, stirring once or twice, until cauliflower is tender and starting to brown in spots.

  4. 4

    While the cauliflower is roasting, toast the bread crumbs:

  5. 5

    Make the gremolata: Combine the garlic, parsley, and lemon zest and mix to combine.

  6. 6

    Remove the cauliflower from the oven and toss with the crabmeat and gremolata mixture.

  7. 7

    Return to oven and roast for 4-5 minutes more.

  8. 8

    Squeeze lemon juice over top and sprinkle with the toasted bread crumbs.

💡 Cook's Notes

*It is preferable to use homemade bread crumbs from stale country style bread for this dish. The toasted bread crumbs provide a crunchy contrast to the cauliflower that is not achievable with the finely ground bread crumbs available in the grocery store. When sufficiently dry, pulse stale country style bread that has been cut up in the work bowl of a food processor until coarsely ground. "Gremolata" is Italian for this mixture that "wakes up" a dish.

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