ROASTED CAULIFLOWER + KALE PASTA — Weblog

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425’. Break the cauli into florets onto a rimmed baking sheet and drizzle them with olive oil, salt, pepper, bagel seasoning and toss every little thing to coat. You’ll wish to use your clear palms right here, and rub every little thing into the cauli. Put the anchovies on the tray, and roast every little thing for 35 minutes. The anchovy will dissolve, don’t fear, you received’t understand it’s there. In case you’re tremendous freaked, use 2 Tbsp. capers. Pull the pan, add the kale, garlic and toss every little thing round so some oil coats the kale. Pop it again within the oven for 10 minutes for the kale to wilt a bit (in the event you’re utilizing capers as a substitute of anchovies, add them right here). Pull and put aside. This may be finished prematurely and saved within the fridge.

Whereas the greens roast, deliver a big pot of closely salted water to a boil. Cook dinner the pasta accordingly to al dente directions – about 11 minutes. In one other massive mixing bowl, stir collectively the ricotta, lemon zest, Italian seasoning, pinch of salt and recent floor pepper, cream, egg, 1/4 cup parmesan and half of the fontina. Whisk every little thing properly to mix. Drain the pasta, reserve a little bit of pasta water, and add the noodles to the cheese bowl. Stir to combine. Add the cauli and kale, plus the handfuls of child kale, to the bowl and stir once more. Add a beneficiant splash of pasta water, yet one more stir.

Go away the warmth on 425’. Grease a 2 qt. baking dish or 10-12” forged iron pan. Tip the pasta combination in. Squeeze the lemon juice everywhere in the prime of the pasta. Sprinkle the remaining fontina and parm and a few crimson pepper flakes on prime. Loosely cowl the dish with foil. Bake, lined, for 10 minutes, flip the warmth as much as 475’, uncover the dish, sprinkle the walnuts if utilizing, and bake one other 10ish minutes till the highest is simply bronzed and bubbly. Take away to chill barely and sprinkle heaps of recent herbs excessive.