Faux mashed potatoes

Faux mashed potatoes

Do you remember when we smashed the baby potatoes with parmesan and then we baked it until browned and crispy? Ok, now we are going to do the same thing with cauliflower. How cool is that?
Ingredients
  • Cauliflower, boiled in salted water until just soft
  • butter
  • roasted garlic
  • creme fraiche
  • parmesan cheese
Instructions
  1. Ok, I am going to call this, one large head of cauliflower boiled until just soft.
  2. Just soft. Not super soft. Not falling apart mushy. Just. soft.
  3. Drain, and in a food processor add, 2 tablespoons butter, 3 roasted garlic cloves, 1/4 cup of creme fraiche, a healthy dose of salt, and 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese.
  4. Move to an oven proof container, sprinkle some more parmesan cheese on top, and some chopped rosemary.
  5. Place in a preheated 450 degree oven, and bake until the top is browned and crispy. yum yum.
  6. notes: you could roast the cauliflower for this, which makes it sweeter, but i like to keep it really white, so that it more resembles mashed potatoes.
  7. Sadly in class one, we ran out of oven space and was not able to brown the top. This is what happens when you have one oven, and 9 dishes wanting in. At home, either bake on high heat until the top is browned, or put under a broiler for a few minutes.