cauliflower
rappe
pasta

go straight to the recipe

The longer I cook the less complicated my own cooking becomes. I couldn’t really cook for at least the first five years of my professional cooking career. The overnight transition from technical illustrator to chef meant there was much to learn. That learning has never stopped.

What the really good cook finally learns is that a few quality ingredients intelligently handled can make a meal that is frequently more memorable than food that has been painstakingly worked for hours by an adventurous chef.

Learning that less is actually more is the culmination of a cooking career.

AO 28 AUGUST 2024

for the INGREDIENTS

serves four

100g shallot or red onion, fried until golden in EVO olive oil

10g garlic, macerated with the back of a knife and sautéed in a little olive oil [or 20g roasted garlic

30g sea salt
good
splash EVO

500g dried quality pasta

500g cauliflower, cut into medium flowerettes

80g golden sultanas [or currants]

three handfuls of rappe or other green vegetables [ not spinach because you get the nasty metallic scum
]
50g crushed roasted walnuts
sea salt

black pepper, freshly ground

lots of parsley and fennel top, roughly chopped

fast and fabulous

Set a large pot of hot water on high heat and add the sea salt and splash of EVO. Put the onion and garlic into a bowl large enough to easily hold all of the ingredients and sit it on top of the pot. When the water boils add the pasta and stir over and when the water boils again set a timer for 5 minutes. 
When the timer goes, add the cauliflower and set the timer for four minutes. When the timer goes add the sultanas, stir through for 30 seconds then add the greens.

Stir through, cook for another 30 seconds and immediately tip into a colander and drain.

Tip into the onion and garlic, add a good splash of EVO, the walnuts and toss over, season with salt and pepper and adjust as required. Stir through some of the herb and put the pasta into a serving bowl. Scatter the last of the herb over the top and serve immediately.

want to make PASTA?

Making your own pasta is easy. It’s also a cheap way and simple way of feeding the herd…click here for our tried and true recipe, tips and ideas.

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