This was the first recipe we made out of the Tenderheart cookbook and we’re now squarely on track to cook this book from cover to cover. Truly tasty, super easy and the veggies are the star of the dish. We’re a fan of a single sheet-pan dinner and this isn’t too much of a complication on that premise. This recipe does utilize a food processor so have it handy and give this one a shot!
Pesto Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 head of cauliflower
- extra-virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 pound farfalle pasta
- 9 ounces kale leaves torn
- 1 cup toasted walnuts divided
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 1-2 balls of burrata
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 F
- Cut the head of cauliflower down into small florets. Toss with olive oil and a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper. Lay the cauliflower out flat on a prepared sheet pan and roast in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
- While the cauliflower is going through its first roast, bring a pot of water to boil on the stove.
- Remove the pan from the oven and scoot the cauliflower over to make a bit of room to add the torn kale on one side. Drizzle the kale with olive oil and sprinkle with some salt before putting it back in the oven. Roast the full pan for another 10 minutes or until the kale just starts to crisp and the cauliflower is starting to brown.
- While the veggies are roasting, drop your pasta in the boiling water and cook to package instructions. Drain once cooked.
- Go ahead and ready your food processor. When the veggies come out drop about a cup of cauliflower and a cup of tightly packed kale into the food processor along with half the walnuts, all of the garlic, half of the lemon zest and juice, ½ teaspoon of salt, a bit of black pepper and a ½ cup of olive oil. Pulse a bit until you have a rough paste. Note: this is not a creamy/smooth pesto.
- Mix the pasta, remaining veggies, and pesto together. Add your remaining lemon zest and juice.
- Spoon a heaping serving in a bowl, add a bit of burrata, crack a bit of black pepper on top and VOILA!