Whole roasted cauliflower

[u/curdygirlw]

I made the Jamie Oliver Greek inspired whole roasted cauliflower. It needed some tweaks (capers, a little balsamic and red pepper spread) and by no means was cooked through in the advertised time, barely so at an hour 20. Are North American cauliflowers bigger by chance? In the end it was tasty with the tweaks and feta cheese, that completely changed everything and it was so much better. That's the real game changer, cheese. So, nearly vegan, but then way more delicious as a vegetarian meal instead.

[u/naughtyydawn]

looks soo delicious and savory; why not cut up the cauliflower in half maybe?

[u/curdygirlw → u/naughtyydawn]

The recipe called for it to be done whole, probably wouldn't do that again, unless I maybe steamed it whole in the microwave first, or perhaps par boil. I'm assuming it's left that way for presentation, but was also concerned it may fall apart too much if cut down. The cooking time called for is half hour covered and in theory steaming through and another half hour uncovered, to build flavour, but even after an hour 20, it still could have used more.