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Cauliflower Pot-au-Feu
🇫🇷 French

Cauliflower Pot-au-Feu

🇫🇷 French

Gentle simmered cauliflower in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the french answer to "something light tonight". 105 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 20 min Cook 85 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Butter1 tbsp
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion1, diced
  • Garlic3 cloves, minced
  • Cauliflower1 head
  • Black Peppercorns1/2 tsp
  • Bay Leaf2
  • Carrot4
  • Stock or Broth1 litre
  • Leek2
  • Tarragonsmall handful
  • Cloves4

Instructions

  1. 1

    Sweat the onion in the Butter until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add the garlic and black peppercorns and cook for 30 seconds more.

  3. 3

    Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the cauliflower.

  4. 4

    Simmer gently until the cauliflower is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.

  5. 5

    Ladle into warm bowls and top each with tarragon and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the black peppercorns in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: How to Make Pot au Feu | Ludo Lefebvre · on YouTube