Roasted Cauliflower with Almond Sauce (Ester Restaurant)

Name: Roasted Cauliflower with Almond Sauce (Ester Restaurant)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 1 cup almond meal; 2/3 cup water; 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (, separated); 2 tbsp brown rice vinegar ((or rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar)); 2 egg yolks; 1 tsp salt ((plus more to taste)); Black pepper; 1 large head of cauliflower ((Note 1)); 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 lemon (, juice only); Salt and pepper; 1/2 cup almonds (, roughly chopped and lightly toasted in a dry frypan); 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves ((packed))

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:15min

This is a signature dish from Ester restaurant in Sydney, Australia which is one of the top restaurants in Australia, as well as being one of the trendiest. The recipe was provided by the restaurant to Gourmet Traveller Australia which is where I found it. The restaurant chargrills it in an enormous wood fired oven. I don't have one of those in my tiny kitchen but the chargrill flavour is easy to recreate using the grill/broiler. I've provided two alternative sauce options because the almond sauce is quite rich and also sometimes I can't be bothered to pull out my food processor to make the sauce. :)

Updated at: Mon, 26 May 2025 16:03:25 GMT