Call it a taco, call it a burrito. It was just plain good! A little char enhances the flavor, something like tacos al carbon.
Charred Cauliflower soft tacos
I charred the raw cauliflower over an open flame before breaking these into florets and finishing in the oven. Once they were done and I stuffed them into my tortillas to cook some more, I had leftover filling. I simply added some polenta and put it back into the oven to make an adobe pie.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 Small Cauliflower
- 3 Flour tortillas
- 6 leaves Romaine lettuce
- 1 Tomato
- 2 Radish
- 6 Sprigs Cilantro
- 1/4 Red onion
- 1/2 TSP Cumin
- 1/2 TSP Chile Powder
- 1/2 TSP Onion Powder
- 1/4 TSP Garlic Powder
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 Poblano Pepper
- 1 Onion
Instructions
- Char a poblano pepper over an open flame until the skin is completely charred. Put it in a brown paper bag, close it and let it sweat about 5 to 10 minutes. Scrape off the char, remove the seeds and cut into a 1/2" dice.
- Cut the cauliflower in half and char over an open flame to get char marks on it. You can also cut into florets and cook them in a non-stick skillet.
- Place your 1/4 onion over an open flame to char or add to the cauliflower in the skillet.
- Move cauliflower, poblano and onion to a covered skillet and season with the spices. Add a little water as needed to coat the vegetables. Cover and place in oven at 350 F for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, remove from oven. Drain the vegetable well leaving the juices in the skillet while filling the tortillas. Fold the tortillas over taco style or fold over seam side down burrito style and cook for another 30 minutes.
- Assuming you have juices and vegetables left in the pan, add 1 tablespoon of polenta for each 3 tablespoons of juice. stir in to incorporate and add the polenta into the oven to cook with the tacos.
- Chop your lettuce, tomato, radish and other vegetables for the taco toppings. Finish your tacos with the taco toppings listed or those of your choice.
Notes
This is a Snap Pea Sheep recipe.
These vegetables could easily be grilled in a barbeque grill. You could also place them in a panini press to get grill marks on them. You want that char.
These were really easy and delicious and the unexpected abobe pie was a nice treat and use for what would have been leftovers. 
