Roasted Green Cauliflower Salad with Feta Dressing
Sprinkle the paprika sunflower seeds over the perfectly roasted green cauliflower salad to give it a little kick. Finish it off with a cream whipped feta dressing and loads of herbaceous goodness. Yum!
Cut the green cauliflower into florets. Coat with 1 tbsp of olive oil and salt to taste. Baste the sheet pan with ⅓ tbsp (1 tsp) olive oil and put in the oven to roast for 8 minutes. At the halfway mark, remove the sheet pan, turn the green cauliflower to the other side and back in the oven again for 8 minutes.
Coat the sunflower seeds with paprika. Baste a sheet pan with ⅓ tbsp (1 tsp) of olive oil. Put the coated sunflower seeds on the sheet pan and place in the oven for 8 minutes (put it in on the second round of the green cauliflower).
Pick the oregano leaves to yield ¼ cup for the salad and 2 tbsp for the salad dressing.Pick the leaves of the chervil to yield ¼ cup.
Pick the leaves of the chervil to yield ¼ cup.
Salad Dressing
Add the feta cheese, cream cheese, milk, 2 tbsp of oregano leaves, juice of ½ lemon and salt and pepper to taste in a hand blender.
Blitz until well combined and smooth in texture.
Assembly
In a medium sized mixing bowl, add the roasted green cauliflower, sunflower seeds, ¼ oregano leaves and chervil.
Toss gently until well combined,
On a plate, smear the whipped feta dressing all over.
Pick up the tossed salad and place as a heap to cover only ¾ of the plate so that you can still see the whipped feta dressing.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
You can use any or a medley of cauliflower for this recipe.
If you aren’t a fan of the spicy paprika, you can use sweet paprika.
You can substitute sunflower seeds with pepitas.
The best substitute for oregano is marjoram or thyme.
The best substitute for chervil would be flat leaf parsley or tarragon.
Ensure you get good quality Greek feta as you want the creamy textures and saltiness. That works well with the roasted cauliflower.
You can substitute milk with any other variety, but of course, full fat milk gives the salad dressing extra creaminess.