Tasty Fractal

[browngirl]

And now for something completely different/ a return to the sort of thing I like to post about: fractal broccoli aka Romanesco. If you live in the Boston area, Atlas farms at the Copley Square Farmer's Market is selling this delicious, nutritious, beautiful, edible fractal.



-- that's not the one I bought today. But it's representative of how intricately lovely they all are. I was very amused to see people taking them out of the basket, photographing them, and putting them back. The farmer stand staff should have charged models fees.

I intend to turn the one I bought today into Cauliflower 'Tabbouleh', where the cauliflower is diced into bulguresque bits . I think I'll trim off the surface before I chop it up, though, to scatter little fractal nubs throughout my salad.

Comments

[hand2hand.livejournal.com]

is this a type of cauliflower or a type of broccoli or something all its own?

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[hand2hand.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Broccoli and cauliflower taste quite differently though, so it would be fun to see which it resembles or if it's its own thing.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Ace saved you from getting a Mathematician's Ansqwer of "yes" from me. ;)

It's a cauliflower. It tastes a bit nuttier and spicier (and all around better) than most cauliflowers. I paid attention when eating some today so I could describe it to you.

[benicek.livejournal.com]

and for some reason they taste much nicer than non-fractal veg. I love them. ...

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

They really are delicious, aren't they? I got to give TL's mom some today.

[med_cat]

It is an especially pretty one :)

Have fun cooking! Share the recipe after, perhaps? ;)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

It's really more of a method than a recipe -- use the food processor to chop the cauliflower into couscous sized pieces, and swap it in for bulgur -- but here's one (though I don't know what the cucumber is doing there)

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cauliflower-rice-tabbouleh

[med_cat]

Thanks! Shall have to try this next time I buy cauliflower, or any of the fractal varieties :)

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

It really does taste good too! :o)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

It's such a wonderful veggie. Beautiful, delicious, sturdy ... what's not to love?