Friends-giving Vegetable

I confess I've been neglecting my Facebook account. So Friends-giving kinda snuck up on me this year. During an evening visit with Pippie, I mentally listed the few ingredients we had left at the house and tried to come up with something respectable to bring as my dish. Hopefully for the friends sake, the cauliflower will turn out well.

Olive and Garlic Cauliflower

• 2 cauliflowers
• 6-12 chopped cloves of garlic
• 1/2 cup olive oil (or butter) & more for roasting
• 1/2 cup roughly chopped kalamata olives
• Salt & Pepper

1. Turn your oven on to 450 degrees. Don't wait for it to finish preheating.
2. Break the cauliflower heads into bite-sized florets. 
3. Toss the cauliflower with salt, pepper, and some oil (or bacon fat).
4. Spread 1/3 of the cauliflower onto a baking sheet and pop that baking sheet in the oven.
5. While the first batch of cauliflower cooks, mix the olive, 1/2 cup oil (or butter), and chopped garlic in a microwaveable dish (like a coffee mug). Microwave the oil mixture for 15-60 seconds depending on the power of your microwave. You want the garlic lightly cooked not golden or crunchy.
6. Check on the cauliflower after 10 minutes. You want the spots touching the pan to be medium to dark brown. If it's not done yet, check every 5 minutes.
7. Spread 1/2 of the remaining cauliflower onto a baking sheet and pop that baking sheet in the oven. Check on the cauliflower after 10 minutes. If it's not done yet, check every 5 minutes.
8. Spread the remaining cauliflower onto a baking sheet and pop that baking sheet in the oven. Check on the cauliflower after 10 minutes. If it's not done yet, check every 5 minutes.
9. Once all the cauliflower is cooked, stir the garlic oil into the cauliflower and serve.