Reading about The Solitary Walker and The-Grizzled-But-Still-Incorrigible-Scribe-Himself!'s
delicious soda bread recipes has inspired me! As I mentioned in a
previous post, my culinary efforts usually just extend to chutney.
However, today I decided to make my Knollshire Cauliwobblies in a Secret
Sauce, and to share the recipe with you, dear bloggy friends.Fear not - I will not give away any giraffe secrets - the meaning of my 'Secret Sauce' is that it varies every time I cook it. The game is that the family have to guess what is in it each time!
The recipe for the version we have eaten today is as follows:Ingredients:
1 cauliflower for each adult giraffe. (I leave you to judge the amount for humans).
Sauce: (I hazard a guess that this may serve 4 humans).
1 onion finely chopped
1 red pepper finely chopped
Garlic (we put a whole garlic bulb in - crushed, of course. You may prefer a little less).
1 banana medium sliced
Lots of mushrooms!
A pinch of curry powder, (your preferred style).
A little sunflower or other cooking oil
Half a mug of milk.
For the decoration:
2 large thin slices of cheese
Method:
Separate the cauliflower florets and boil in a large pan of water.
Saute the onion in the oil and add garlic, chopped pepper and mushrooms and saute some more.
Add the curry powder and sliced banana, and saute.
Stir in the milk, and boil up into a thick sauce. (You may wish to add more milk depending on how ferociouly you boil, and how runny you like your sauce).
Drain the cauliflower and arrange on plates in a circle. Pour the sauce into the middle and decorate with the cheese. We like to cut the cheese slices so that they melt into the shapes of giraffe markings!
Delicious served with a chilled glass of medium sweet white wine, or apple juice.
Littl' Nicky has his portion all mashed up.
I've put a blank speech bubble on this picture of him especially for you, my bloggy friends ... What fun for you to think up a caption to go in the bubble!
(And if you try the recipe, don't forget to let me know how you liked it!)
