Cauliflower "Hot Wings" With Blue Cheese Sauce
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
- 1/2 head cauliflower
- 3/4 cup plain all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 150g/5ozs. panko breadcrumbs
- Oil for drizzling
Hot sauce
- 1.5 cups/375mls Franks hot sauce
- 115g/1 stick butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
Blue cheese dressing
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 100g/3.5ozs. gorgonzola dolce (or your favourite blue cheese)
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and halved
- 2-3 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt and pepper
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 190C/380F if you are baking or have a deep fryer ready if you want to deep fry these. Line two trays with parchment. Cut the cauliflower into large chunks/florets about the size of a chicken wing. In a food processor, whizz the flour, milk, water, salt and paprika. Pour into a bowl and then place the panko breadcrumbs into another shallow bowl. Dip the florets into the milk slurry, allow to drip and then roll in the breadcrumbs. You can either deep fry these or bake these. To bake these drizzle them with some oil and bake 20 minutes while deep frying will be much faster removing the cauliflower when golden.
Step 2 - Make the hot sauce. Place the hot sauce, butter and honey in a small saucepan and melt the butter. Simmer with the lid off for 6-8 minutes or until thickened.
Step 3 - To make the blue cheese dressing place all of the ingredients (sour cream, gorgonzola, mayonnaise, garlic and lemon juice) in a food processor and whizz to combine until smoothish in texture (the blue cheese does give it some texture). Season with salt and pepper.
Step 4 - Roll the cauliflower florets in the hot sauce and then serve with blue cheese dip and celery sticks.