Kounoupithi Stifado (cauliflower Stifado)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 lbs cauliflower
• 6 small white onions
• 1 1/4 cups oil
• 40 milliliters garlic, split lengthwise
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1/2 tablespoon rosemary
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 peppercorns

Recipe

• 1 wash the cauliflower and break into flowerets.
• 2 skin and wash onions; drain.
• 3 heat the oil in a pot and lightly brown the whole onions.
• 4 add garlic and cook until golden.
• 5 add diluted tomato paste, vinegar, rosemary, and bay leaf, and cook for 30 minutes.
• 6 bring large pot of salted water to a boil; add cauliflower.
• 7 cook for 5 minutes, then drain and add cauliflower to sauce. (add a little water if necessary.)
• 8 add peppercorns.
• 9 cover pot.
• 10 simmer until all liquid has been absorbed and only the oil remains (about 30 to 45 min.).