Cauliflower Pomegranate Salad

Name: Thermomix recipe: Cauliflower Pomegranate Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Ingredients: 150 Grams walnut pieces; 1 small pomegranate, quartered; 4-5 medjool dates, pitted; 1 lemon, zest finely grated; 80 Grams fresh lemon juice, minimum; 50 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO); 1 Teaspoon ground sumac; 1 Teaspoon fennel seeds; 1 Teaspoon ground coriander; 1 Teaspoon pink salt flakes; 350 Grams cauliflower cut into florets; 1 large fennel bulb and fronds, cut into pieces

Serves 4-6 Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Rated: Print

An easy and pretty salad that may show up elsewhere in my work as I love it so much. If you prefer cooked cauliflower, then blanch it by all means!

I totally LOVE this salad, and I am pretty sure it will show up in anotherbook, just warning you now. It is simple, completely yummy and travelsreally well, although cauliflower can get quite a strong aroma over time.But don’t let that put you off. Get your cruciferous hit today.

This recipe appears in Portable Lunches and the picture features the ThermoCube from Thermo Boutique.

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Need

150 Grams walnut pieces
1 small pomegranate, quartered
4-5 medjool dates, pitted
1 lemon, zest finely grated
80 Grams fresh lemon juice, minimum
50 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
1 Teaspoon ground sumac
1 Teaspoon fennel seeds
1 Teaspoon ground coriander
1 Teaspoon pink salt flakes BUY
350 Grams cauliflower cut into florets
1 large fennel bulb and fronds, cut into pieces

Do

1: Place walnuts onto lined baking tray and place into a cold oven set to 200°C. Roast 10 minutes exactly. Remove from oven and cool.
2: Place pomegranate pieces into Thermomix bowl and deseed 3 sec/speed 3. Remove and reserve seeds, discard the skin, and membranes as best as possible.
3: Without cleaning the bowl, place dates, lemon zest,lemon juice, EVOO, spices and salt into Thermomix bowl and blend 10 sec/speed 10.
4: Add approximately half the cauliflower and chop 3 sec/speed 5.
5: Remove and place into a serving bowl, repeat with remaining cauliflower and fennel.
6: Add to serving bowl. If there are large pieces of cauliflower left, just return them to the Thermomix bowl and chop further 2 sec/speed 5.
7: Toss with the toasted walnuts and pomegranate seeds. Serve.

This salad travels really well when kept in a ThermoCube

(as pictured).

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!