If you like basil, you will love this "rice." The cauliflower sucks up all the flavors from the basil and bacon. It tastes fantastic.
4 cups cooked cauliflower "rice"
1 cup pesto
1/2 cup pine nuts
8- to 10-pound turkey
Butter or coconut oil
Bacon slices
"RICE": Place the cauliflower heads into a food processor (click HERE to find the one I use), pulse until small pieces of 'rice.'
Toss the cauliflower rice with the pesto and pine nuts and stuff the bird lightly. Close the vent and truss the bird. Rub well with butter or olive oil. Place the turkey on its side on a rack in a roasting pan. Cover with slices of bacon and roast at 325° for 1 hour. Turn on other side and roast for another hour. Turn the bird on its back and roast with bacon covering the breast and legs until the bird is tender and done. Baste from time to time.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per cup):
White Rice = 242 calories, 53 carbs, 0 fiber
Brown Rice =218 calories, 46 carbs, 4 fiber
Cauliflower "Rice" = 28 calories, 3 carbs, 1 fiber
Yum! Never would have thought to mix pesto w/ cauliflower rice, great idea!
ReplyDeleteWe use an infared turkey fryer (no oil) to do our turkey. Could this stuffing be done as a side dish in the oven without the turkey? Thanks
DeleteI have a few cauliflower rice recipes that would work great for that. Here are a couple.
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