On a recent trip to Aldi, my husband and I found these cute little miniature brats, and I knew I just had to make something with them. Really they are great all by themselves, but I made a sweet mustard sauce to go over them and served them over a bed of whipped cauliflower. We are trying to eat lower carbohydrate meals due to my husband’s diabetes, and whipped cauliflower is the perfect way to do this. It really does taste remarkably like mashed potatoes. To get it really smooth, it is a bit thinner than mashed potatoes, but is really good. If you have not tried it, you really should. Even if you are not watching your carbohydrates, it is a delicious and different way to add vegetables to your diet.
Brats with Mustard Sauce Over Whipped Cauliflower
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Yield 2
Ingredients
Brats
- 1 8.82 oz. package miniature brats
- 2 Tbsps. oil (I used canola.)
- 2 Tbsps. butter
- 3 Tbsps. all-purpose flour
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 cup milk
- 2 Tbsps. country Dijon mustard
- salt and pepper to taste
Whipped Cauliflower
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 1/4 cup butter
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Brats
- In a large skillet, saute brats in oil over medium heat until brown.
- Reduce heat to low and add flour and stir with a fork until smooth. Continue cooking until mixture begins to turn golden.
- Slowly stir in apple juice and then milk stirring constantly.
- Stir in mustard and add salt and pepper to taste.
Whipped Cauliflower
- Wash and cut cauliflower into large pieces.
- Put cauliflower in a large pot and cover with water. Boil until very tender.
- Put cauliflower and butter in a food processor fitted with the knife blade. Process until smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Courses Entree
There is something ridiculously delicious about whipped cauliflower. Ridiculous, because it sort of looks and tastes like fluffy mashed potatoes with butter — even when the only ingredients are cauliflower, salt and pepper.