ingredients
For the cauliflower:
1 large cauliflower head (about 2 pounds)
1 Tablespoon Pompeian Gourmet Selection Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
For the sauce:
4 large cloves garlic, unpeeled
1 teaspoon Pompeian Gourmet Selection Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for roasting the garlic
1 cup parsley
¼ cup chives
2 Tablespoons mint
2 Tablespoons dill
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
½ teaspoon coriander seeds
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
½ cup Pompeian Gourmet Selection Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for making the sauce
preparation
- Heat oven to 400ºF with racks set in bottom and middle position. Fill a small baking dish halfway with water and place on bottom rack.
- Trim and discard the stem and leaves from cauliflower. Rub 1 Tablespoon Pompeian Gourmet Selection Extra Virgin Olive Oil all over the cauliflower head and season all over with 1 teaspoon Kosher salt.
- Place cauliflower, stem side down, in a cast iron skillet. Place garlic on a small piece of foil. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon Pompeian Gourmet Selection Extra Virgin Olive Oil, then wrap tightly.
- Transfer the skillet and garlic foil pack to medium rack. Roast garlic 30 minutes, then remove and let cool. Roast cauliflower until a skewer slides in and out of cauliflower head with little resistance, about 35–60 minutes (depending on size of cauliflower).
- Squeeze garlic out of paper skins into a mini food processor. Add herbs, lemon zest, lemon juice, coriander seeds, teaspoon salt and pepper. Pulse until chopped, then add ½ cup Pompeian Gourmet Selection Extra Virgin Olive Oil and process until smooth.
- Spoon sauce over cauliflower and serve.