
Recipes
Roasted cauliflower with tomato pesto
10 minutes
Preparation time
45 minutes
Cooking time
4
Serves
Ingredients
Tomato pesto
200 g (1 ⅓ cups) sundried tomatoes, drained
150 g (1 cup) pine nuts, toasted
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tsp lemon juice
80 ml (⅓ cup) extra virgin olive oil, or more if required
Salt flakes and pepper, to taste
Baked cauliflower
1 cauliflower, approximately 1kg
60 ml (¼ cup) olive oil
2 tbsp Ras el hanout spice mix
Salt flakes, to taste
Miele accessories
Method
Tomato pesto
- Place the dried tomatoes, pine nuts, garlic, lemon juice and oil in a food processor and blend until almost smooth. Season to taste. Add more oil if needed.
Baked cauliflower
- Remove the large outer leaves from the cauliflower and trim the base so that the cauliflower can sit flat.
- Place the cauliflower on a universal tray. Drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle the spice and salt over the cauliflower.
- Place the tray in the combi steam Pro oven on shelf level 1 (shelf level 2 in a 60 cm oven) and select Combi mode: Fan Plus at 200⁰C + 60% moisture. Cook for 45 minutes, or until soft enough to pierce with a knife.
- Serve the cauliflower with the tomato pesto.
Alternative appliance method
Oven with Moisture Plus
- Select Moisture Plus with Fan Plus at 200°C with 3 manual bursts of steam, releasing a burst of steam at 1 minute, a second burst of steam at 10 minutes, and a third burst of steam at 20 minutes. Place the cauliflower in the oven on shelf level 2. Cook for 45 minutes, or until soft enough to pierce with a knife.
Dialog oven
- Select Gourmet Profi + M Chef + Moisture Plus with Fan Plus at 200°C + GU: Strong Intensity + Preheat ON + 3 timed bursts of steam, releasing the bursts of steam at 1 minute, 10 minutes and 15 minutes + Duration 40 minutes.
Hints and tips
- This dish is delicious on its own, or as a side dish with a protein main – we love it with our lamb shoulder with creamy polenta and gremolata recipe.
- When roasting cauliflowers in traditional ovens you will need to boil or steam it briefly before roasting. However, using a combi steam Pro oven, you can combine these two steps at once.
- Dry your own tomatoes to use in this dish using the Drying function in our ovens.
Applicance Functions

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