vegetarian

Chickpea Pasta with Cauliflower Bolognese

December 12

If you don’t have a food processor you can coarsely grate the cauliflower instead. Chickpea pasta is one of the best and most delicious gluten-free alternatives to regular pasta, but if you wanted you could use wholemeal pasta instead.

Serves 4
30mins

Method

1. In a food processor, blitz the cauliflower until it is riced and tip into a bowl. Add the mushrooms to the food processor and pulse these too until they are chopped small.
2. Heat the oil in a large sauté pan and fry the onion for 5 minutes over a medium heat until soft, then add the garlic, chilli flakes and rosemary and fry for 30 seconds. Add the cauliflower and mushrooms, season well with salt and pepper and fry over a high heat for 6–7 minutes. Add the tomato purée and cook for a few more minutes.
3. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a saucepan of boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Drain, reserving 250ml (1 cup) of the water. Add the pasta to the cauli ower pan and toss together with half the Parmesan for 2–3 minutes, loosen with the reserved pasta cooking water as needed. Serve with the rest of the Parmesan scattered over the top.

1lb 7oz cauliflower, broken into florets

9oz chestnut mushrooms, finely chopped

3 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, finely chopped

3 garlic cloves, crushed

Good pinch of chilli flakes

2 sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped and finely chopped

3 tbsp tomato purée

10oz chickpea pasta

1½ oz Parmesan cheese, finely grated

650g cauliflower, broken into florets

250g chestnut mushrooms, finely chopped

3 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, finely chopped

3 garlic cloves, crushed

Good pinch of chilli flakes

2 sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped and finely chopped

3 tbsp tomato purée

300g chickpea pasta

40g Parmesan cheese, finely grated

You'll Need

Food processor

Sauté pan

Saucepan

If you liked this

It’s always good now and again to just have a big bowl of starchy, silky and salty pasta. Browning the butter just takes things a step further and gives this pasta dish a nutty flavour. You can switch the fettuccine for linguine or tagliatelle if you like. You can use coloured tomatoes here if you like to add a pop of colour to the dish.

vegetarian

Chickpea Pasta with Cauliflower Bolognese

December 12

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