Breaded Cauliflower With Sour-Cream Sauce

Ingredients
1 Cauliflower broken into flowerets
Salt
2 Egg Yolks beaten
3/4 cup Sour Cream
1/4 cup Heavy Cream (sweet)
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
Pinch Sugar
2/3 cup white Breadcrumbs
Pinch White Pepper
Pinch Paprika
2 Eggs
1/4 cup Milk
2 cups Vegetable Oil for frying

Method

Wash the flowerets of cauliflower and let then stand in salted cold water for 1 hour. Rinse.

Boil flowerets in 2 quarts of water with 1 tablespoon salt until cooked but still firm.

Meantime make the sauce: mix beaten egg yolks, sour cream, heavy cream, lemon juice, pinch of salt, pinch of sugar; and cook in the top part of a double boiler for 5 minutes, whipping constantly. Set sauce aside, but try to keep it warm.

Mix together breadcrumbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the white pepper and paprika.

In a separate bowl mix together the whole eggs and milk.

Dip the drained and dried cauliflower first into egg and milk mixture, then into the breadcrumb mixture.

Heat the vegetable oil to 365 degrees then turn heat to low. Carefully put the breaded cauliflower pieces into the oil and fry slowly until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper. Put the sauce on the bottom of a serving dish and place the cauliflower on top of the sauce.

Remarks
This same sauce can be used for steamed asparagus, whole green beans and other vegetables.