🇫🇷 French

Cauliflower Meunière

Name: Cauliflower Meunière
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 80 g Butter; for deep-frying Vegetable Oil; 1 head Cauliflower; 1 Lemon; 2, beaten Eggs; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 100 g All-Purpose Flour; 150 g Breadcrumbs

🇫🇷 French

Dusted in flour, fried in nut-brown butter with lemon — meunière, simple perfection. Ready in 23 minutes including prep.

Prep 18 min Cook 5 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Butter80 g
Vegetable Oilfor deep-frying
Cauliflower1 head
Lemon1
Eggs2, beaten
Black Peppercorns1 tsp
All-Purpose Flour100 g
Breadcrumbs150 g

Optional extras

Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Pat the cauliflower dry and season with the black peppercorns and a little salt.
2
Set up a breading line: flour, then beaten egg, then breadcrumbs — press the crumbs on firmly.
3
Heat 4-5 cm of oil to 180°C; a breadcrumb dropped in should sizzle straight away.
4
Fry the cauliflower in small batches until deep golden, 3-4 minutes per batch.
5
Drain on a rack, never on paper, and serve hot with fresh parsley scattered over.

Chef's tip

Keep the oil at a steady 180°C — too cool and the coating goes greasy.

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