Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Smoked Paprika

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Description

I recently roasted a chicken using a smoked paprika rub and decided to try it on a whole cauliflower. It was totally delicious! I recommend serving it as a vegan or vegetarian main with a big green salad.

Ingredients

  • 1 small head cauliflower
  • 1 ½ teaspoons fennel seeds
  • 1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ lemon, juiced

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Trim large leaves off cauliflower. Trim stalk so cauliflower can sit flat in a Dutch oven.
  3. Grind fennel seeds with a mortar and pestle. Mix in smoked paprika
  4. salt
  5. pepper
  6. and garlic powder. Whisk in olive oil to form a paste. Rub the paste all over the cauliflower. Drizzle lemon juice all over.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven
  8. covered
  9. until tender
  10. about 30 minutes. Uncover and baste with any juices that have pooled at the base. Continue baking
  11. uncovered
  12. until top is browned and center feels completely tender when pierced with a paring knife
  13. about 15 minutes.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 2

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