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Cauliflower is a magnificent vegetable that combines not only many useful microelements and vitamins, but also available in the price category, which makes it attractive to many housewives. And sooner or later everyone is confronted with the question, but how much should you boil cauliflower in order to preserve all its properties? Precisely, the correct time of preparation will be discussed in our article.
Fresh cauliflower
From the correct time of cooking cauliflower depends not only its usefulness and, but taste qualities. Well-prepared inflorescences have a characteristic tender structure and a pleasant taste.
Thanks to breeding, scientists have brought out new varieties of cauliflower - orange, purple and green hues.
How much to cook fresh cauliflower, depends on the method of its preparation:
- Preparation in a saucepan. If you plan to cook a whole vegetable, without dividing it into inflorescences (forks), it will take 10-17 minutes, and if cabbage is previously divided, the time will be reduced to 8-12 minutes.
- Preparation in a double boiler is possible only on inflorescences and takes about 30 minutes. This method of cooking allows you to keep the maximum number of useful properties of the vegetable.
- The cooking time in the multivarker depends on the selected mode. Boil cauliflower can be both in the "Varka" and in the "Steam" or "Carcase". In the first case, the time is 8-15 minutes, for a couple - 16-20 minutes, and when extinguishing 10-17 minutes.
- In a microwave oven cauliflower is cooked for 9 minutes. The process itself consists of two stages. On the first cabbage pawned in a tray, filled with water and put in a microwave for 5 minutes. In the second stage, the half-finished vegetable is added to taste and placed back in the oven for 4 minutes.
- In the pressure cooker, despite the name, the cooking time will take as long as 15 minutes.
How much to cook fresh cauliflower after boiling depends on whether it will later pass additional heat treatment - frying or baking. If this is expected, then the cooking time should be reduced by 2-3 minutes.
Frozen cauliflower
This vegetable well retains its useful properties even in the frozen state. To prepare for freezing, cabbage should be separated from the leaves, cut off dark spots, thoroughly washed and divided into individual forks. To avoid a lot of ice build-up, after washing the vegetable, it is advisable to lay it on the towel and allow a little to dry.
How to cook frozen cauliflower? Yes, it's very simple. To prepare vegetables, even do not necessarily pre-defrost. Defrosting costs, holds only if the cabbage is a lot of ice. Another question is how much to cook frozen cauliflower. Here everything is similarly fresh, and time depends on the way of cooking, and its further use. For the convenience of cooking, it is better to try to make identical forks (inflorescences). In this case, there will be no possibility that some "flower" of cabbage can not be cooked, and the other will get a mushy state on the contrary.
Preparation of cauliflower
Before boiling, cauliflower should be put in salt solution, which is made from the calculation of 2 tbsp. l. salt per 1 liter of water. This is done to get rid of caterpillars and larvae. Further from the head it is necessary to cut off all dark spots and divide it into inflorescences.
Boil cauliflower, both fresh and frozen, is easiest in a saucepan. This is primarily due to the opportunity to try the preparedness of the vegetable.
Preparation of cauliflower can be divided into several stages:
- Prepare a vegetable - remove excess parts, cut off darkened parts, thoroughly wash.
- Put a pot of water on the stove, add salt and wait for it to boil.
- In boiling water, lower the cabbage, without reducing the fire.
- When the water boils repeatedly, reduce the heat and cook until ready for 8-12 minutes. Such manipulations with fire allow preserving the color of cabbage, without allowing it to darken.
- Weld the cooked vegetable in a colander, so that excess water is gone.
The degree of availability of cabbage should be checked 2 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Depending on the particular variety, the time should be slightly increased or decreased.
Cauliflower refers to low-calorie foods, for which it is very fond of nutritionists.
Despite the apparent simplicity, cauliflower can be cooked in a variety of variations. It can be either a separate product or a component of a dish. Experiment, and the usual borscht, but already with cauliflower, will please you not only with its kind, but with an unusual taste.
