Baked Cauliflower Latkes
These baked cauliflower latkes are a must-have for your holiday table—easy to prepare with a flavorful blend of cauliflower, cheese, and herbs, then baked until golden and crispy. Serve with Greek yogurt for dipping.
45 minutes
Serves 6
Easy
Instructions
- 1.In a large pot, add cauliflower florets, salt, and water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 15-20 minutes, until cauliflower begins to soften.
- 2.Drain the cauliflower and transfer to a bowl. Using a potato masher, roughly mash until still slightly chunky.
- 3.Add cottage cheese, mozzarella, parsley, dill, scallion, olive oil, eggs, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Dijon mustard, flour, and baking powder. Mix until well combined.
- 4.Preheat oven to 420F/220C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spray an ice cream scoop with olive oil spray.
- 5.Scoop portions of the mixture and place on the prepared baking sheet. Using a tablespoon, gently flatten each latke.
- 6.Sprinkle sesame seeds over the tops and spray lightly with olive oil.
- 7.Bake for 20 minutes. Switch to convection broil at 450F for 7-8 minutes, until the tops are golden brown.
- 8.Transfer latkes to a serving plate, garnish with fresh parsley leaves, and serve with Greek yogurt for dipping.
Ingredients
- •For the latkes-
- •2 small cauliflowers, cut to florets
- •1 teaspoon of salt, for boiling water
- •6-7 cups of water, to cover cauliflower
- •1 cottage cheese (5 oz / 140 grams)
- •2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
- •Handful of chopped parsley
- •1 tablespoon of chopped dill
- •1 scallion, sliced
- •1/4 cup of olive oil
- •2 eggs
- •1 teaspoon of salt
- •1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
- •1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- •1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
- •3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
- •1 teaspoon of baking powder
- •For the topping-
- •Sesame seeds
- •Olive oil spray
Instructions
- 1.In a large pot, add cauliflower florets, salt, and water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 15-20 minutes, until cauliflower begins to soften.
- 2.Drain the cauliflower and transfer to a bowl. Using a potato masher, roughly mash until still slightly chunky.
- 3.Add cottage cheese, mozzarella, parsley, dill, scallion, olive oil, eggs, salt, pepper, garlic powder, Dijon mustard, flour, and baking powder. Mix until well combined.
- 4.Preheat oven to 420F/220C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spray an ice cream scoop with olive oil spray.
- 5.Scoop portions of the mixture and place on the prepared baking sheet. Using a tablespoon, gently flatten each latke.
- 6.Sprinkle sesame seeds over the tops and spray lightly with olive oil.
- 7.Bake for 20 minutes. Switch to convection broil at 450F for 7-8 minutes, until the tops are golden brown.
- 8.Transfer latkes to a serving plate, garnish with fresh parsley leaves, and serve with Greek yogurt for dipping.
