Medium cauliflower
A brassica grown for its tight white head of flower buds: mild raw, nutty once browned.
Kinds
- White
- The standard.
- Romanesco
- Lime-green spiralled points; firmer and nuttier.
- Purple or orange
- Coloured, and much the same to eat.
Cooked with, here
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- Where to buy
- Tight, heavy, with fresh green leaves — which are good roasted too.
- Worth knowing
- Roast hard until the edges brown; boiled, it tastes of very little.