Garlic and Lemon Roasted Romanesco
Delicious and flavorful roasted Romanesco dish!
Servings: 1 head of Romanesco
Ingredients
- 1 head of Romanesco - cut into individual spirals and the base chopped.
- Olive oil - I also love garlic infused olive oil
- 1 lemon - cut in half you will roast the Romanesco with half of the lemon and use the other half to finish with just before serving
- 6 cloves garlic - slightly smashed but left whole
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Cayenne pepper
- 3 tablespoons salted butter - melted optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Cut up Romanesco into individual spirals and chop the base into equivalent sized pieces.
- Lay Romanesco on a parchment paper lined baking sheet or greased cookie sheet.
- Drizzle the Romanesco liberally with olive oil.
- Peel and smash your garlic cloves and add them to the pan.
- Sprinkle the top with a generous sprinkle of salt and black pepper and just a light sprinkle of cayenne pepper, more if you want some heat, this isn't aimed to make it spicy but just to enhance the flavors.
- Squeeze half of a lemon over the top and toss the Romanesco in the seasoning and oil so it's nicely coated, adding more olive oil or seasoning if you feel like it needs it.
- Roast for 45 minutes, feel free to stir the Romanesco if you feel like it's getting too browned on one side.
- Remove from the oven and squeeze the remaining lemon half on top and add melted butter, stir mixture together.
- Serve and enjoy!