Roasted cauliflower topped with nutty brown butter and crunchy pine nuts for a perfect veggie side dish.
The Deets:
This recipe is a perfect one to send you into the weekend: roasted cauliflower with pine nuts and a rich, nutty brown butter sage drizzle. 🤩 If you’ve never made brown butter before, don’t worry—it’s surprisingly easy to whip up and adds an incredible depth of flavor to just about any vegetable.
Here’s how it all comes together: you’ll start by roasting your cauliflower until it’s perfectly tender and golden. While that’s in the oven, you’ll create a quick brown butter infused with fresh sage. The butter develops a toasty, caramelized aroma that takes everything to the next level. Once your cauliflower is done, simply drizzle the brown butter over the top.
It’s a super simple recipe, but the flavors are anything but basic! It’s one of those dishes that feels elevated while still being easy enough for a casual dinner. If you give it a try, I’d love to hear your thoughts—let me know how it turns out in the comments! If you enjoyed this one, check out more recipe veggie ideas here.
Here’s how to make it:
Roasted Cauliflower with Pine Nuts and a Brown Butter Sage
Ingredients
- 1 head cauliflower
- olive oil
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- 1/2 stick butter
- A few sprigs of sage
- Salt/pepper/red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Chop cauliflower into bite sized florets and add to a sheet pan. Coat in olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake for about 20 min or until cauliflower is browned and cooked through.One note: I didn't, but you could totally roast the cauliflower in the brown butter that you make! I didn't think of that until after the fact 🙂
- Make your brown butter. In a small sauce pan add butter and sage. Break the sage in half before tossing in. Cook on low heat and stir consistently. Soon the butter will start to foam and that is a sign it is starting to brown. About 3-5 after that you will see the butter turn a caramel color. Remove from heat.
- Pour a little of the brown butter in a pan and toss in pine nuts. Cook until browned, about 2-3 min on medium to low heat.Careful they will burn easily.
- Add cauliflower to a bowl and top with pine nuts. Add brow butter, flaky sea salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Enjoy!
