Oven dishes
Whole roasted cauliflower
A whole cauliflower from the oven looks impressive and is actually really simple: heavily seasoned, nicely roasted on the outside and soft on the inside. Suitable as a side dish, vegetarian main dish or with yogurt dip as a snack in between.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 10 minutes
- Baking time: approx. 50-65 minutes
- Total: approx. 65-75 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 220 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 6.8 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 14.7 g
- Fat
- ≈ 14.4 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 4 tbsp olive oil · ≈ 54.6 g
- 1 tsp garlic powder · ≈ 3.0 g
The midpoint was used for quantity ranges.
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 1 whole cauliflower (approx. 1-1.2 kg)
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp paprika powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- Salt
- pepper
- optional: 1 teaspoon curry
- optional: yogurt dip made from 150 g yogurt, lemon juice and herbs
- optional: parsley or coriander
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C top/bottom heat.
- Wash the cauliflower, remove the green leaves and cut a cross at the end of the stalk - this way the inside will cook better.
- Mix olive oil with paprika, cumin, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Coat the cauliflower generously on all sides.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 50-65 minutes, until the outside is golden brown and the stalk is soft.
- Check with a knife whether the stalk is soft.
- Optionally prepare yogurt dip and serve the cauliflower with it.
- Sprinkle with fresh herbs.
