Ingredient: salt, pepper & nutmeg to taste

It seems the cauliflower craze has managed to last longer than just about any other that’s come before it. A total superstar when it comes to all the popular diets currently on everyone’s radar, including keto, paleo & whole 30. All signs point to cauliflower becoming the longest lasting food trend of all time.

Cauliflower ….. a naturally gluten-free food that just requires heavy seasoning, is healthy, versatile and ‘tasteless’. Its an entirely blank canvas for all your cooking needs because you can make it taste like ‘anything’ you want.

Last summer, Brion & I stopped for lunch at a popular take-out restaurant. He decided to try their much advertised ‘plant-based burger’. He was not impressed. Let’s say … it was not as advertised!!

In a previous blog, a while back, I had made cauliflower pizza crust and we had really enjoyed it. So today I am making meatballs stuffed with cauliflower in a cauliflower cheese sauce. I guess, this is my version of a ‘plant-based meatball’. Hopefully that works out better.

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Bacon Wrapped, Cauliflower Stuffed Meatballs

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Course

Main Dish

Cuisine

American

Keyword

bacon wrapped, cauliflower stuffed meatballs

Servings

SERVINGS MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

Meatballs

• 1 head cauliflower
• 800 grams (1 3/4 LBS) ground beef
• 2 eggs
• 1 onion, diced small
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard, old fashioned, grainy
• 1 Tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 Tbsp oregano
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 7 slices bacon

Cheese Sauce

• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 250 grams 100% Swiss cheese, grated
• cauliflower stem
• salt, pepper & nutmeg to taste
• fresh parsley for garnishing

Course Main Dish Cuisine American Keyword bacon wrapped, cauliflower stuffed meatballs Servings SERVINGS MetricUS Imperial Ingredients Meatballs 1 head cauliflower 800 grams (1 3/4 LBS) ground beef 2 eggs 1 onion, diced small 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp Dijon mustard, old fashioned, grainy 1 Tbsp smoked paprika 1 Tbsp oregano 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 7 slices bacon Cheese Sauce 1 3/4 cups milk 250 grams 100% Swiss cheese, grated cauliflower stem salt, pepper & nutmeg to taste fresh parsley for garnishing

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Instructions

Meatballs

1. In a large pot, cook head of cauliflower in salted boiling water for about 5 minutes. Remove the stem & cut off florets. Set STEM aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, with eggs, onion, garlic, mustard & spices. Mix well. Divide meat mixture into 7 equal amounts & flatten each piece in your hand (one at a time). Place a cauliflower floret in the middle of each, then seal the meat around it forming a meatball.
3. Wrap a slice of bacon around each cauliflower meatball. In a saucepan, heat a small amount of oil over medium heat & cook the meatballs on all sides.

Cheese Sauce

1. Chop the reserved cauliflower stem. Shred cheese & place in a food processor with milk, seasonings & chopped cauliflower stem. Puree mixture until smooth.
2. Pour the cauliflower cheese sauce over the meatballs in the pan & allow to simmer about 5 minutes or until cheese is melted & smooth. Garnish with fresh parsley if desired.