Purple Cauliflower Pasta

Name: Purple Cauliflower Pasta
Total time: 40
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked rotini pasta; ¼ cup walnuts; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 clove garlic, sliced; ½ head purple cauliflower, cut into small florets; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar; 1 pinch red pepper flakes; 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 2 pinches grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Recipe by schnitzell from allrecipes.com

Dinner 40 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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2 cups uncooked rotini pasta
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¼ cup walnuts
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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1 clove garlic, sliced
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½ head purple cauliflower, cut into small florets
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½ teaspoon kosher salt

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1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
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1 pinch red pepper flakes
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2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
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½ teaspoon kosher salt
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2 pinches grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Instructions

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.
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.
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.
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.
Pour balsamic vinegar over cauliflower. Cook and stir cauliflower until balsamic vinegar has reduced, about 1 minute.
Stir walnuts, cooked garlic, red pepper flakes, and rosemary into cauliflower mixture until well combined.
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.