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RECIPE: Pasta with Spiced Cauliflower & pine nuts

4/8/2015

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What do you think of when someone says cauliflower? 

Soggy, stinky stuff you used to get doused in an excuse for cheese sauce at school dinner? Something that turns up in the veg box way too often?

Or do you think, mmmm, let me count the ways in which I love you: raw and crunchy, ground up and used in veggie burgers, sliced into creamy curry, roasted with fragrant spices...

So guess which camp I fall into?? Yep, I adore cauliflower, but Mr P&P takes a little more persuading. This dish though. This dish! It ticks all the right boxes for me and won't fail to convert a cauliflower hater either: spicy, fragrant, nutty, cheesy. 

Oh and if you thought curry and cheese don't go together, think again. I first tried it in Japan, of all places, and it's a beautiful, umami-rich combination.  
RECIPE: Pasta with spiced cauliflower & pine nuts | Pasta & Patchwork

Pasta with Spiced Cauliflower & Pine Nuts

Serves: 4
Pots/pans to be washed up afterwards: 2 
Prep time: 10 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins

Ingredients
1/2 large cauliflower, thinly sliced
1/2 onion, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tbsp of medium curry powder
250 g pasta 
handful of toasted pine nuts (or toasted sliced almonds as a cheaper alternative)
Asiago cheese, grated (a mild to medium cheddar would work well too)
olive oil
salt
RECIPE: Pasta with spiced cauliflower & pine nuts | Pasta & Patchwork
1. Boil the pasta according to the packet instructions.

2. While the pasta is cooking, heat a generous tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan. Add the onion and garlic and soften on a very low heat for at least 5 mins.

3. Add the curry powder and sliced cauliflower and stir well, until everything is coated evenly in curry powder. Fry on a medium heat for a minute, stirring constantly. 

4. Lower the heat, add a splash of water and let simmer for 5 minutes (or until the cauliflower is as soft/crunchy as you want it). Season to taste with salt.

5. Drain the pasta and stir in the spiced cauliflower. 

6. Serve with the grated cheese, toasted pine nuts and a drizzle of good quality olive oil. 
RECIPE: Pasta with spiced cauliflower & pine nuts | Pasta & Patchwork

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10 Comments
Carie link
4/8/2015 09:26:32 am

oh well that looks delicious! I'm with you in loving cauliflower and I love (and miss) cheese!

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Eline P&P link
4/9/2015 05:31:06 am

Thank you Carie! Glad to have found a fellow cauli-lover, though I feel so sad for you for having to stay off the cheese! I know it's for a very good cause, but oh my I would find it hard too...

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Michelle twin mum link
4/8/2015 06:24:55 pm

I love cauli too but I've never really been creative with it. I need a kick up the bum with my cooking to be honest. Mich x

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Eline P&P link
4/9/2015 05:32:17 am

Oh my cooking gets stuck in a rut all the time, too. I think it's kind of inevitable when you have a ton of other mum-duties to attend to!

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Lisa@intotheglade link
4/14/2015 05:43:00 am

It looks delicious. I love cauliflower but never had it with pasta, must give it a go x

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
4/21/2015 03:07:59 am

Oh do, it's delicious! x

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Alison link
4/14/2015 05:52:38 am

I love cauliflower and this is a great way to use it. Love the addition of pine nuts

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
4/21/2015 03:09:00 am

Pine nuts are amazing, aren't they? Thanks for stopping by.

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honestmum.com link
4/17/2015 03:31:19 pm

So pretty, not sure I've ever seen pasta as pretty if I'm honest, gorgeous. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
4/21/2015 03:11:35 am

Aw, your comment's just made my day :-)

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