Chicken Sausage And Roasted Cauliflower Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
1 lemon, juiced
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 minced garlic cloves
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (16 ounce) package chicken sausage
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste (optional)
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Toss cauliflower in a bowl with lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pour into a baking dish.
Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until softened, about 30 minutes.
Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add chicken sausage; cook and stir until browned, about 6 minutes. Drain sausage on a paper towel-lined plate. Slice into 1-inch pieces.
Mix sausage into the baked cauliflower mixture in the baking dish; sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top. Spread 8 dollops of ricotta cheese evenly across the top. Sprinkle red pepper flakes on top.
Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
Broil until cauliflower and ricotta are lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle fresh parsley on top.