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Rinforzo cauliflower salad

Insalata di rinforzo
All Italian cookbooks seem to present a version this cauliflower salad, which is originally part of Neapolitan Christmas traditions.

Some say it gained its name from being served as part of the traditionally modest, fish-based meal on Christmas Eve, where a hungry family needed a hearty vegetable as reinforcement. Others claim the name refers to the practice of stretching the salad over Christmas by adding new vegetables and fish like salted cod or baccala to the leftovers every day until New Year.

Both ways it’s a tasty cooked salad. Even when served at other times of year, whenever and whereever the cauliflower is in season.

Ingredients

1 head of cauliflower
1 red bell pepper
100 g olives – green and black without stones
4 anchovies
1 peperoncini or small chili
1 tbsp capers
3 tbsp white wine vinegar
6 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper

Preparation

Wash the cauliflower, break it into florets and blanch them in boiling water for 2 minutes
Mix a dressing of olive oil, vinegar, capers, peperoncino and mashed anchovies and pour it over the drained cauliflower.
Wash and cut the bell pepper into bite-sized strips. Give them a quick fry rounded off with a pinch of sugar and a little vinegar.
Add the red pepper to the salad along with the sliced olives.

More cauliflower broccoli recipes:

Raw cauliflower salad

Broccoli salad with egg and tomato dressing

Broccoli and bacon in white dressing

Creamy cauliflower soup with truffle oil

Broccoli and apricot pesto

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Rinforzo cauliflower salad - Italian Notes

The hearty rinforzo cauliflower salad can be stretched to last for days.

3 replies
  1. Turkey's For Life
    Turkey's For Life says:
    August 10, 2012 at 10:19 am

    Sometimes, the cauliflowers on Fethiye market look so tempting but as a kid I never like it and therefore have no idea what to do with it now. Except now, I can try this recipe. :)
    Julia

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  2. admin
    admin says:
    August 10, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    It’s good -as long as you don’t overcook it. In fact, you can just pour boiling water over the cauliflower and leave it for 15 minutes then drain. They’re best ‘al dente’.

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  3. Gina
    Gina says:
    August 15, 2012 at 6:52 pm

    That looks so great – and healthy. I loooove olives and never thought about putting olives on cauliflower before. I’ll have to try it!

    Reply

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