http://leitesculinaria.com/20603/recipes-curried-cauliflower-salad-currants-pine-nuts.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Recipes, Food, and Cooking Blog Wed, 23 May 2012 20:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://leitesculinaria.com/20603/recipes-curried-cauliflower-salad-currants-pine-nuts.html#comment-45245 Testers Choice Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:37:36 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=20603#comment-45245 [Elsa M Jacobson] Looking for something interesting to do with cauliflower? Here’s an exciting option. This takes humdrum cauliflower and makes it something special — really dresses it up and pulls it into a starring role far removed from its usual wallflower status. One diner happily went back not just for seconds, but also for thirds! The pine nuts are rich and well-utilized. It was a great idea to also have the sunflower seeds in this recipe, so as to most effectively use the pine nuts, which are both high-calorie and especially high-priced right now; the crunch and protein of the sunflower seeds effectively extended reach of the pine nuts. I was surprised that the sunflower seeds were raw and not roasted, but when I tasted the salad, this was fine. Could this be made without the pine nuts? Absolutely, yes, but they are a major contributor to this recipe’s transcendent appeal. The idea of currants was also savvy, again, adding upscale appeal, and a sophisticated mouthfeel to this salad. If you had raisins on hand, another option could be to simply cut them in halves or thirds. Golden raisins might also look pretty in this salad. [Elsa M Jacobson] Looking for something interesting to do with cauliflower? Here’s an exciting option. This takes humdrum cauliflower and makes it something special — really dresses it up and pulls it into a starring role far removed from its usual wallflower status. One diner happily went back not just for seconds, but also for thirds! The pine nuts are rich and well-utilized. It was a great idea to also have the sunflower seeds in this recipe, so as to most effectively use the pine nuts, which are both high-calorie and especially high-priced right now; the crunch and protein of the sunflower seeds effectively extended reach of the pine nuts. I was surprised that the sunflower seeds were raw and not roasted, but when I tasted the salad, this was fine. Could this be made without the pine nuts? Absolutely, yes, but they are a major contributor to this recipe’s transcendent appeal. The idea of currants was also savvy, again, adding upscale appeal, and a sophisticated mouthfeel to this salad. If you had raisins on hand, another option could be to simply cut them in halves or thirds. Golden raisins might also look pretty in this salad.

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