Creamy Cauliflower with pork medallions, turmeric and mushrooms
‘Oh my, this creamy cauliflower stuff is outrageously good, mummy!!’ were the first words my son said after the first bite.
It’s a nice feeling when my food is loved so much by my sweet little darlings. Obviously, you gathered, my family just loved it! It really is a perfect dish for this season and I just love the fact that you can throw in quite a few veggies so even the ones that do not love veggies that much will enjoy this creamy delicious dish.
You might think that I’m going nuts but this dish was a dish I dreamt I was having last night. Ha ha! My dreams do come true you see? Always. I wish winning the lottery was this easy too. 
I did get one ticket for tonight’s draw. Ha! Good luck to me! I will keep you updated if there will be any significant changes in my pocket circumstances.
For now, let me share this beautiful recipe. It’s creamy, it’s rich but not too rich, it’s yellow but not too yellow. It’s simply divine but not too close to divinity. It is a gluten-free dish, simply beautiful, warming, comforting and truly rewarding.
If you are a vegetarian, simple, just ignore one ingredient in there, the pork medallions of course, the rest is all yours. I have used flat beand because that is what my fridge had to ofer but feel free to change the veggies to whatever you have or fancy.
It’s winter now but I could not let go the autumnal colours. These have to be present in our food. I have chosen yellow this time as it is bright, appealing, appetising and inviting. It looks good I would say and in this instance, it’s the super powerful turmeric that’s done the trick. What a great ingredient, right?
I do cook with turmeric quite a bit. It’s very yellow, I’m not sure the pictures managed to convince you but you definitely must give this delish-dish a try as soon as possible, and allow me to warn you here, it’s good, it’s unerring good, folks.
The pictures aren’t the greatest, it’s pretty difficult to take a good shot of a dish that contains turmeric on artificial light but I hope you did get the idea, it’s darn yummy, you’ll see what I mean as soon as the first bite will be completed.
Not difficult at all to make this will make a beautiful family meal which we normally have with polenta or orzo and we love it both ways.
If you are into creamy delicious dishes, here is another beautiful creamy chicken recipe that we absolutely love and I’m sure you’d enjoy very much too.
Let’s get this creamy cauliflower on the plates, we’re just a few steps away. Mmmmmm, I’m drooling already?
Creamy Cauliflower with pork medallions, turmeric and mushrooms
This creamy dish consists of cauliflower, beans, mushrooms and pork medallions, in a nice and creamy sauce. It is super delicious or outrageously delicious just like my son said, and...oh yes, he is so right!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 cauliflower head organic approx 700g
- 1 pork fillet approx 500-600g
- 1 onion organic
- 1/4 leek organic
- 1 tsp salt Himalayan pink
- 1/3 tsp pepper freshly ground
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 200 g orzo boiled *
- 250 g creme fraîche full or half fat
- 100 g Philadelphia cheese
- 250 ml milk
- 100 g green flat beans
- 50 g parsnip chopped
- 30 g Parmesan cheese finely grated
- 6 mushrooms closed-cup
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed and chopped
- 1 pinch chilly flakes cayenne pepper
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 1 tbsp olive oil butter or coconut oil
Instructions
- Prepare all the ingredients, cut the pork fillet into 2cm thick medallions, set them on a plate seasoned well with salt and pepper. Wash, chop onion and the leek, wash and snap the beans, peel, wash and chop the parsnip, place all vegetables on a plate in separate bunches.
- Blanch the cauliflower into water with salt for literally 3-5 min (depending on size). Set aside when ready. Use this water to cook the orzo. Cook according to pack instructions. Needs cooking for about 8 mins.
- In a pan, over medium heat, add 1/2 tsp coconut oil/ oil or butter (whatever you like) or water and soften the onion for 3-4 minutes. I added some water.
- Add the parsnip, beans, leek and the garlic. Season with salt and pepper and cook covered for a further 2-3mins. Add a drizzle of full fat milk or water so it doesn’t stick. You can add the mushrooms here too or see step 6.
- In a separate pan which is set on high heat, sear the pork medallions with a little butter or coconut oil for literally 2 min on each side. Set aside when ready. Preheat the oven at this point at 180-190C/350-375F.
- In the same pan you seared the pork medallions shallow fry the mushrooms for 3-4 mins with 1 tsp of olive oil and the nutmeg. This step applies if you did not add the mushrooms at step 4.
- Add the Philadelphia cream and the creme fraîche to the onion, leeks and other vegetables mix well. It has to be slightly runny so add the milk. Mix well and allow to simmer for 1 min.
- Pour the creamy mix into the oven dish, place the cauliflower heat as a centrepiece, the medallions scattered around it, the mushrooms (unless already in) and scatter the finely grated Parmesan.
- Place into the preheated oven. Bake at 190C/375F for 15-20 mins until the creamy sauce has reduced slightly.
- Serve with the orzo or polenta and fully enjoy.
Notes
* Pork medallions can be easily replaced by any chicken cut or even beef. It is just a matter of how you cook the meat. If using chicken, this needs cooking more thoroughly than pork or the beef. If choosing beef, it’s paramount what cut you choose.
You may even have a roast and add this as a side or some fillet that gets cooked accordingly. This creamy dish goes fabulously well with no meat at all making it a lovely and super tasty vegetarian dish. Whichever way you go it is a winner, a guaranteed one. * The 200g orzo is the dry weight
You may even have a roast and add this as a side or some fillet that gets cooked accordingly. This creamy dish goes fabulously well with no meat at all making it a lovely and super tasty vegetarian dish. Whichever way you go it is a winner, a guaranteed one. * The 200g orzo is the dry weight
Sometimes I have a real craving for creamy food and this sounds delicious! I would love it with a few green veggies just to balance out the creaminess a little.
Thank you Corina, same here, especially in the winter. I have added green beans but surely, you could add more , we normally add veggies as a side 😉
This dish looks amazing! All of my favorites in one dish, and the turmeric is so healthy. Great recipe!
Thank you Lesli, I am super glad you like the dish, it is so yummy.
That’s a perfect meal, though I would omit the meat in the preparation. A different way for me to serve cauliflower to the family.
Thanks Mayuri, of course meat can be omitted. It makes a delicious vegetarian dish too.
I’m not a huge fan of cauliflower, but this recipe looks actually yummy and I can’t wait to try it! Thank you for sharing it!
Hi Claudia, this dish will definitely make you a cauliflower fan, I wasn’t one years ago but I love it now. I hope you will give it a try as I am sure you will like it.
That looks like perfect comfort food for this time of year. Pork is one of our favorites and that creamy cauliflower looks so smooth and delicious! I love that you roasted it whole, to get the lovely caramelization!
Thank you Beth, we love a little bit of pork every now and then. This recipe is so nice and comforting.