VIDEO: Determining the cooking time of cauliflower

Cook the cauliflower whole

1. Cut off the leaves of the cauliflower. If you bought a cauliflower from the health food store, it is advisable to put the cauliflower in a water bath for five minutes. To do this, the head of cabbage must be complete with it water be covered. Add two tablespoons of salt to the water and stir. Any animal inhabitants now leave the cauliflower. Then shower the cabbage thoroughly with cold water.
2. Use a thin knife to cut deeply into the stalk crosswise. This allows the cooking water to penetrate the stalk better and the cauliflower cooks more evenly.
3. Place the cauliflower in the sieve of the steamer. Sprinkle the cauliflower with a little salt.
4. Put some water in the pot. Close the pot with the lid.


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5. Heat the water and let the cauliflower cook in the steam until you can pierce the cauliflower with a thin knife with slight resistance. The cooking time varies between ten and fifteen minutes, depending on the size of the cauliflower. The cauliflower is more firm to the bite after ten minutes than after a longer cooking time.
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6. After cooking, remove the cauliflower from the steam bath and place it on a serving platter. Now you can refine the cauliflower head as you like and season it with sauces or something similar.

Cook cauliflower florets

1. After cleaning, divide the cauliflower into small florets. Put the cauliflower florets in a saucepan with a little salt and a few drops of Tabasco and fill this with enough water until the cauliflower florets are covered.
2. Heat the contents of the pot and let the cauliflower florets cook for between eight and twelve minutes, depending on their size. Here, too, the cauliflower is quite firm to the bite after eight minutes.
3. Again, test the cooked state of the cauliflower with a thin knife. Cauliflower cooked in this way can also be eaten without any additional seasoning.

Cauliflower cannot be cooked evenly because the stem and florets are biologically different. It is important that the cauliflower florets do not become too soft. The stalk can be too hard, as in most cases it is not eaten. It is important that the cauliflower florets are firm to the bite.