Air Fryer Cauliflower Steaks

Name: Air Fryer Cauliflower Steaks
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 43 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 piece Cauliflower (approx. 1.2 kg); 2 clove Garlic; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 1 tsp Salt; Pepper to taste; 1 tsp sweet paprika; 1 tsp Turmeric; 60 g grated hard cheese; 1 tbsp Parsley

A German vegetable dish at home on meat-free plates all over Germany: thick slices cut from a whole head of cauliflower are seasoned with oil, paprika and turmeric and roasted in the basket. The slices take on brown, nutty edges, stay firm to the bite in the middle and carry a savoury cheese crust at the end. Unlike single florets or breaded cauliflower they stay in one piece and roast more strongly in the basket than on a baking tray, but they break more easily when turned.

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Cook time

43 min

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Servings

🧂

Ingredients

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Nutrition

per serving

205 kcal

Calories

12 g

Protein

13 g

Fat

8 g

Carbs

Ingredients

For 4 servings

Estimated cost~€3.45 · ~€0.85/serving

Instructions

1
Wash the cauliflower, remove the outer leaves and only level off the stalk. The stalk stays in the head, as it holds the slices together.
2
Cut the head from the top down through the stalk into slices about two centimetres thick. Only the middle two or three slices hold together, the outer ones fall apart into florets; cook these along with the rest and add them to the plate later.
3
Finely chop the garlic and stir it together with the olive oil, the salt, the pepper, the sweet paprika and the turmeric. Brush the slices and the florets with it on both sides.
4
Preheat the air fryer to 190 °C.
5
Lay the slices in the basket in a single layer with space between them and do not stack anything; spread the florets into the gaps and cook larger quantities in two batches. Cook at 190 °C.
6
Turn the slices carefully with two spatulas so they do not break, and carry on cooking at 190 °C.
7
Scatter over the grated hard cheese and let it brown until melted and golden. Bare cheese does not belong in the basket; here it lies on the slices and cannot drip through the grid.
8
Sprinkle the steaks with the chopped parsley and serve at once.