What does one head of roasted garlic, a chopped hard-cooked egg, and a few crushed, flash-sauteed anchovies get you? The most delicious, albiet peculiarly stinky side dish I have made to date. Now I don’t suppose the average Jane would find this rather rustic dish pleasing. But let me assure you that the smell dissipates, and what you are left with is a wintry assemblage of hearty ingredients ready for the eating.
The combination of cauliflower and egg may be familiar to some, it certainly was to me. This duo was often made by my mom; then, it was just an altogether different dish. She would steam a batch of snowy-white florets, mix them with a bit of melted butter, season with salt and pepper, and then plunk a sieved hard-boiled egg on top. A very hard-boiled egg. With a bluish cast to [...]
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