Roasted cauliflower and pesto pasta

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Hands-on time 30 min
  • Difficulty: easy

More than a simple bowl of pasta – this recipe is bursting with flavour from the pesto, roasted cauliflower and raisins.

You might also like our pesto trofie pasta

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Ingredients

  • 1 large cauliflower (or 2 small cauliflowers), broken into florets
  • Olive oil
  • 250g short pasta (we used fusilli)
  • 2 red onions, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 50g raisins, soaked in boiling water for 10 minutes
  • 200g young leaf spinach
  • Zest and juice 1 lemon
  • 50ml shop-bought fresh vegetarian pesto
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6. Toss the cauliflower in a little olive oil, then roast for 25 minutes or until golden and tender. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes according to the pack instructions – it should still have some bite. Drain, drizzle with olive oil and keep warm.
  2. In a large frying pan, heat a glug of oil over a medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook gently for 8 minutes or until soft. Add the cooked pasta, roasted cauliflower, drained raisins, spinach, lemon zest and juice, and pesto, then toss until wilted. Season, then serve.
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  • Nutrition

    • 473kcals Calories
    • 13g (2g saturated) Fat
    • 15.7g Protein
    • 68.4g (20g sugars) Carbs
    • 9.5g Fibre
    • 0.4g Salt
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