Chickpea Pasta with Garlicky Roasted Cauliflower and Almonds -GF V
 
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Recipe type: lunch
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
  • 1 head of cauliflower
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp chili flakes
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 2 tsp good quality olive oil + 2 tsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 packet or 8 oz gluten free chickpea pasta or any pasta shell you prefer
  • Salt
  • ⅓ cup toasted almond
  • ⅓ tsp garlic powder
  • Pepper as required
  • ⅓ tsp dried oregano
  • basill
  • fontina or manchego cheese or vegan cheese
Instructions
  1. In a food processor, add the cauliflower, garlic, chili flakes, black pepper and olive oil. Turn on the machine and mince it very fine, almost like you would do for cauliflower rice. Set aside.
  2. In the same food processor, ad the almonds, garlic powder, pepper, dried oregano and coarsely powder it. Set aside.
  3. Boil the pasta in a huge pot of water. Gluten free pasta takes a minute or two more than gluten pasta. Cook it till al dante and drain it, Reserve ⅓ cup of the pasta water. DO NOT OVERCOOK THE PASTA AT THIS POINT, since it will bake later.
  4. In a large saute pan, add 2 tsp olive oil. fennel seeds and cook for a minute. Add the minced cauliflower mixture and keep sauteeing and cooking on high heat for 8-10 minutes. Mix it every minute or so. Let the cauliflower brown in the bottom a little bit.
  5. Add the pasta, add the cooking liquid. Mix and switch off the heat and transfer to a baking dish. At this point, you can cook for 2 minutes and serve it as is.
  6. Sprinkle the almond powder on top of the pasta. Grate some cheese on top of the pasta and bake for 10 minutes in a 400 degree oven. To keep it completely vegan, you can drizzle the top with a tablespoon of olive oil and bake.
  7. Serve immediately.
Notes
You can make this vegan by completely leaving the cheese out.
Prep the pasta, and put in a casserole and bake whenever you need it.
If you decide to skip the baking part, cook the pasta completely and you can toss everything in the pan and serve.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2018/10/11/cauliflower-pasta-bake/