Massaged Kale Salad With Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
- Salad
- 1 head of kale (your choice!)
- 1/2 ripe avocado
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon, juiced and zested
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Handful of walnuts, chopped
- Cauliflower and Romesco Sauce:
- 1 large head of cauliflower
- 1/2 pitted olives
- 4 sun-dried tomatoes, rehydrated
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons parlsey, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 Handful of tomatoes (or 2 roma)
- 2 garlic cloves (option: roasted cloves)
- 1 tablespoon hemp seeds
- 1/2 red pepper, roughly chopped
- 1/2 shallot
- 1 scallion stalk
- 3 teaspoons red pepper flakes or 1/2 tsp cayenne
- 1/2 tablespoon paprika
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup pine nuts (optional)
- SALAD: Remove stalks, thoroughly wash, spin dry, and chop kale into a large bowl. Drizzle olive oil and lemon juice on to the leaves and massage for a few minutes, using your hands. Season with salt and pepper, to taste and set aside.
- STEAKS: Remove all leaves on the cauliflower and trim stem ends. Slice cauliflower into four 1/2" 'steaks' from center of cauliflower. Keep the small florets that break. Finely chop 1/2 cup of loose florets. Place chopped florets in a small bowl and combine with olives, chopped hydrated sun-dried tomatoes, oil, parsley, and lemon juice. Add salt and pepper and set aside to marinate.
- Preheat oven to 400u0b0 F. Sprinkle cauliflower steaks with olive oil and sprinkle seasoning on both sides. Roast in oven for 20-25 minutes, flipping half way until knife tender
- ROMESCO SAUCE: Place rest of ingredients (from tomatoes down) into a food processor and blend well into incorporated. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- TO PLATE: Spoon romesco sauce on plates. Place handfuls of kale on top of sauce (be sure to see some of that beautiful red color!) Add 1 cauliflower steak on top. Top with relish, a sprinkle of chopped walnuts, and additional hemp seeds if you'd like!
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/30208-massaged-kale-salad-with-roasted-cauliflower-steaks (may not work)