A vegan alternative to the classic roast! Cooks in about an hour and 15 minutes.
Source: JamieOliver.com
Ingredients
1
Large Cauliflower (with outer leaves) 1 teaspoon
smoked paprika 4 cloves
garlic 1⁄2 bunch
fresh thyme 1
lemon 4 tablespoons
Dry Sherry 14 ounces
Can of Plum Tomatoes (the best you can afford and find) 1⁄4 cup
almonds (or a handful - almonds are optional) 1⁄2 bunch
fresh parsleyYields:
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF
- Peel the garlic, then add to a pestle and mortar with the paprika and half the thyme leaves. Bash well to a rough paste, then muddle in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and season.
- Zest the lemon into a separate bowl and set aside.
- Trim the outer cauliflower leaves. Trim away and discard the stalk so the cauliflower can sit flat, then cut a cross into the base.
- Rub the paprika paste all over the cauliflower, then place in a medium casserole pan. Drizzle over the sherry and squeeze the lemon juice on top.
- Cover and pop in the hot oven for around 1 hour 20 minutes, or until tender, removing the lid for the final 20 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven, then pour in the tomatoes, tearing or slicing them up into chunks. Sprinkle over the lemon zest and pick over the remaining thyme leaves.
- Return the pan to the oven for a further 10 minutes, or until the cauliflower is golden.
- Meanwhile, toast the almonds in a dry frying pan over a medium-low heat until golden, then leave to cool.
- Once ready, take the pan out of the oven. Scrunch over the toasted almonds, then pick, roughly chop and scatter the parsley leaves on top.
- Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, then carve up and serve with pilaf rice and steamed greens, or as part of a bigger spread.