Purple Cauliflower Pasta
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Purple Cauliflower Pasta

1. Uncooked rotini pasta - 2 cups
2. Walnuts - ¼ cup
3. Olive oil - 2 tablespoons
4. Garlic, sliced - 1 clove
5. Purple cauliflower, cut into small florets - ½ head
6. Kosher salt - ½ teaspoon
7. Balsamic Vinegar - 1 tablespoon
8. Red pepper flakes - 1 pinch
9. Chopped fresh rosemary - 2 teaspoons
10. Kosher salt - ½ teaspoon
11. Grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste - 2 pinches

How to cook deliciously - Purple Cauliflower Pasta

1. Stage

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water.

2. Stage

Heat a small skillet over medium-low heat. Place walnuts in the hot skillet; continually cook and stir walnuts until toasted and fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and chop walnuts.

3. Stage

Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot oil until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove garlic from pan and set aside.

4. Stage

Cook and stir cauliflower and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt in the same pan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until cauliflower is tender, 8 to 10 minutes.

5. Stage

Pour balsamic vinegar over cauliflower. Cook and stir cauliflower until balsamic vinegar has reduced, about 1 minute.

6. Stage

Stir walnuts, cooked garlic, red pepper flakes, and rosemary into cauliflower mixture until well combined.

7. Stage

Stir cooked rotini and reserved 1/2 cup cooking water into cauliflower mixture until well blended. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and Parmesan cheese over rotini and cauliflower mixture.