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PASTA WITH CAULIFLOWER RECIPE - NYT COOKING



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This dish is derived from a Marcella Hazan recipe. It’s dead simple, and the cauliflower can be precooked a day ahead or so. Or, the whole thing can be made at once: cook the cauliflower in water, scoop it out and then, later, cook the pasta in the same water. It’s already boiling, and you want the taste of the cauliflower anyway, so why not? The cauliflower gets cooked more, in a skillet with toasted garlic, so don’t boil it to death, although you do want it to be tender. And in the original Minimalist recipe, from 2000, bread crumbs were added to the skillet along with the cauliflower, but since some pasta water is usually added to the skillet to keep the mixture saucy, the bread crumbs become soggy. Better, then, to stir the bread crumbs in at the very end. They should be very coarse and ideally homemade, and if they’re toasted in olive oil in a separate skillet before you toss them in, so much the better.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Total Time 40 minutes

Yield 3 or 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 head cauliflower, about 1 pound
Salt and black pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
1 pound penne, fusilli or other cut pasta
1 cup coarse bread crumbs

Steps:

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Trim the cauliflower and divide it into florets. Add about a tablespoon of salt to the water and boil cauliflower until it is tender but not mushy. Using a slotted spoon or strainer, remove the cauliflower and set it aside. When it is cool enough to handle, chop it roughly into small pieces.
  • Meanwhile, in a large deep skillet over medium-low heat, sauté garlic in olive oil, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden. Start cooking pasta in same pot and same water as was used for the cauliflower.
  • When the garlic is ready, add the cauliflower to skillet and turn heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally. When pasta is just about done — it should be 2 or 3 minutes short of the way you like it — drain it, reserving about a cup of cooking liquid.
  • Add pasta to skillet containing the cauliflower, and toss with a large spoon until they are well combined. Add salt and pepper to taste, along with just enough pasta water to keep the mixture moist but not soupy. When the mixture is hot and the pasta is tender and nicely glazed, mix in the bread crumbs.

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 686, UnsaturatedFatContent 13 grams, CarbohydrateContent 112 grams, FatContent 17 grams, FiberContent 8 grams, ProteinContent 21 grams, SaturatedFatContent 3 grams, SodiumContent 678 milligrams, SugarContent 7 grams

PASTA AND CAULIFLOWER RECIPE - FOOD.COM



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I got this recipe from the "Shut up and Mangia" website. ZAAR is my favorite website to save all my recipes to. The author writes: "One of my old family recipes is this mostaccioli and cauliflower dish. My Grandmother made this dish for almost every occasion. It's different and delicious. I never ate ham when I was younger, so when I went to my grams house she alway made sure that I something other than the ham to eat. I'm the only one who still makes it. But, as soon as my cousins in California and New Mexico find out I have the recipe I'm sure they'll try to make it themselves. This combination can be made two ways. You could mix the ingredients to be very thick and creamy with no trace of cauliflower or you can mix it and leave larger pieces of cauliflower. Which ever way you decide to make it I can assure you it's a very filling dish. I make this recipe at least once every two weeks. The kids are just starting to enjoy it but I'm sure they will be making it for their children in the future."

Total Time 30 minutes

Prep Time 30 minutes

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 lb mostaccioli pasta
2 heads cauliflower
4 -5 garlic cloves, chopped
3 bunches of long green onions, chopped
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
salt
fresh ground black pepper
freshly grated parmesan cheese

Steps:

  • Boil cut up pieces of cauliflower in 6 quarts of water until tender.
  • Saute long green onions, garlic and about a half a cup of bread crumbs in one stick of butter for about 5 minutes or until breadcrumbs are slightly brown.
  • With a slotted spoon remove cauliflower and add to the breadcrumb mixture.
  • Stir adding remaining butter and bread crumbs.
  • Cook the pasta in the cauliflower water until done. Around 10 minutes.
  • Add around a cup of cauliflower water to the breadcrumb mixture to moisten.
  • Mix the mostaccioli and cauliflower together .
  • Top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and you ready to serve.
  • Not a good time to diet if you make this dish.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 906.5, FatContent 33.6, SaturatedFatContent 16.3, CholesterolContent 61.3, SodiumContent 798, CarbohydrateContent 128.5, FiberContent 14.7, SugarContent 12.8, ProteinContent 26.9

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