OMG so delicious!

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Cauliflower with goose fat, smoked paprika, and salt.

Thought I'd experiment with a different roast veg to the usual. Licked my fingers as I was putting the tray in the oven. Promptly removed said tray and snaffled a couple of florets!

If it tastes this good now, what heaven awaits me at dinner, once it's roasted?!

That sounds delicious - how did it turn out? Have been hearing a lot about roasted cauliflower - how exactly do you do it? Do you just drizzle the oil and paprika over it? What gas mark and for how long? Questions questions

It tasted totally different after roasting!

I cut each floret in half, so that it would lie flat on the baking tray. Parboiled (2-3mins?), drained, returned to hot pan and added a generous heaped tablespoon of goose fat. Once that was melted and mixed well, I turned the heat off and shook smoked paprika over it all. I don't know how much I used, 1tbsp perhaps?. Mixed well again, then put the florets flat side down on a baking tray. Oven was probably about 200C/Gas6, about 30-45mins.

Came out crispy outside, meltingly mash-like inside. Totally delicious, yet could barely taste the paprika. Almost two totally different dishes!

There was lots of fat etc left in the pan, so I quickly chopped up a fennel, microwaved it for 3mins, tossed in the pan to coat it, and added it to the tray of cauli. I lurve roast fennel, too!

Am going to have to try it - my mouth is watering! Thanks

I love roast cauliflower :)

... and you don't have to parboil it either!

I love it coated in olive oil, with salt, black pepper and ground cumin sprinkled over the top. Sometimes add chilli flakes as well.

I just chuck florets into hot olive oil, then sprinkle seasalt, pepper and cumin seeds on, plus chilli flakes and blast in a hot oven. It's lovely.

Nowadays often instead of boiling veg in water I steam it in my heavy bottomed le creuset.
I did fat and a bit of water method too - with spices it creates great flavour, but I never tried smoked paprika on cauliflower.

I use palm oil as it has no flavour but butter is god too. Must buy some goos fat to add variety.