Rock star roasted cauliflower
Cauliflower was always such a wrong ’un when I was growing up, too often boiled into an unpleasant mess. How did we get it so wrong, when in the Middle East they were roasting it, charring the outside and concentrating the flavour? In Lebanon, roasted cauliflower makes a regular appearance, and once my friend Salima cooked a version that started with a base of peppers and onions mixed with tahini. She topped this with roasted cauliflower and garnished it with nuts and herbs. It was sublime, catapulting the humble veg to rock-star status.