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Gallery Orecchiette with Cauliflower Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 1 pound orecchiette or other short pasta 1 head cauliflower (about 2 pounds), trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes 2 to 3 anchovy fillets 1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese, plus more for serving (optional) 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley Coarse salt and ground pepper

Gallery Orecchiette with Cauliflower

Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4

Orecchiette with Cauliflower

Orecchiette with Cauliflower

Orecchiette with Cauliflower

Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4

Recipe Summary

prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins

Servings: 4

prep: 15 mins

total: 30 mins

prep:

15 mins

total:

30 mins

Servings: 4

4

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 pound orecchiette or other short pasta 1 head cauliflower (about 2 pounds), trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red-pepper flakes 2 to 3 anchovy fillets 1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese, plus more for serving (optional) 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley Coarse salt and ground pepper

Directions

In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta 5 minutes less than package instructions for al dente; add cauliflower. Cook until pasta is al dente and cauliflower is tender, 5 minutes. Reserve 1 cup cooking liquid. Drain pasta mixture; set aside.

In same pot, heat oil over medium; add garlic, red-pepper flakes, and anchovies. Cook, breaking up anchovies with a spoon, until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add pasta mixture, cheese, and 1/2 cup reserved cooking liquid; season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat, adding more cooking liquid if necessary to thin sauce. Add parsley; toss. Serve, topped with additional cheese, if desired.

Reviews (9)

 Add Rating & Review     27 Ratings   5 star values:        4    4 star values:        3    3 star values:        5    2 star values:        7    1 star values:        8

Reviews (9)

Add Rating & Review     27 Ratings   5 star values:        4    4 star values:        3    3 star values:        5    2 star values:        7    1 star values:        8

Add Rating & Review

27 Ratings 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 3 3 star values: 5 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 8

27 Ratings 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 3 3 star values: 5 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 8

27 Ratings 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 3 3 star values: 5 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 8

  • 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 3 3 star values: 5 2 star values: 7 1 star values: 8

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       08/12/2018   I really liked this. Followed the recipe as written although may have had more cauliflower in the mix than the recipe called for. Absolutely would make again.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 4 stars       05/28/2017   As someone who loves the texture of "el dante" cauliflower, but who quickly has had enough, the advantage of this recipe is to dilute the cauliflower with other harmonious ingredients. I don't like anchovies, so I replaced them with red onions and 5 more garlic cloves (see the similar recipe "Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower, Parsley, and Breadcrumbs") and with Feta cheese. Feta cheese, unlike those mentioned in this recipe adds little dots of a more lemony taste, so that the dish is not one uniform flavor. In the future, I will multiply the amount of garlic, onion, parsley and feta cheese that I put in this first time, the strong taste of anchovies needs to be compensated by other strong tasting ingredients. Just a warning: this recipe makes huge quan[filtered]ies, more than 4 servings. I almost didn't have a pot big enough to boil all the pasta and cauliflower, and my colander was definitely too small. If you are single or only a couple, you might want to make only half a recipe.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/25/2011   Loved this recipe. I roasted the cauliflower for 10 to 15 minutes at 450F -- great flavour, rather than boiling it. I also doubled the anchovies.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/15/2011   I'm a nutrition major in college and when in a rush or can't use our software, we use nutritiondata.com It's a wonderful site, just enter in the ingredients/amounts for the recipe and you can get a full analysis, even print out a nutrition label, the recipe, etc. for multiple/future uses.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/12/2011   Everything in moderation...has to have plenty of fiber with the cauliflower in it...you can calculate nutrition values for recipes and individual ingredients here: http://recipenutrition.com/ingredients.aspx I can't wait to try this combo-it sounds delicious!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/11/2011   I, too, want nutritionals on all recipes. Hope this can get accomplished!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/11/2011   I agree, ladies. EVERY recipe should have the nutritional info listed. That said, the fat content should be in the low range (5-10g) with the 1/2c of cheese. I'm going to try it - it sounds delicious. And what a great way to use cauliflower.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/11/2011   That makes two of us, momma628.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/11/2011   oh how I wish we could have nutritional information with these great recipes

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 5 stars 08/12/2018

I really liked this. Followed the recipe as written although may have had more cauliflower in the mix than the recipe called for. Absolutely would make again.

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: 4 stars 05/28/2017

As someone who loves the texture of “el dante” cauliflower, but who quickly has had enough, the advantage of this recipe is to dilute the cauliflower with other harmonious ingredients. I don’t like anchovies, so I replaced them with red onions and 5 more garlic cloves (see the similar recipe “Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower, Parsley, and Breadcrumbs”) and with Feta cheese. Feta cheese, unlike those mentioned in this recipe adds little dots of a more lemony taste, so that the dish is not one uniform flavor. In the future, I will multiply the amount of garlic, onion, parsley and feta cheese that I put in this first time, the strong taste of anchovies needs to be compensated by other strong tasting ingredients. Just a warning: this recipe makes huge quan[filtered]ies, more than 4 servings. I almost didn’t have a pot big enough to boil all the pasta and cauliflower, and my colander was definitely too small. If you are single or only a couple, you might want to make only half a recipe.

Rating: 4 stars

Rating: Unrated 02/25/2011

Loved this recipe. I roasted the cauliflower for 10 to 15 minutes at 450F – great flavour, rather than boiling it. I also doubled the anchovies.

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated 02/15/2011

I’m a nutrition major in college and when in a rush or can’t use our software, we use nutritiondata.com It’s a wonderful site, just enter in the ingredients/amounts for the recipe and you can get a full analysis, even print out a nutrition label, the recipe, etc. for multiple/future uses.

Rating: Unrated 02/12/2011

Everything in moderation…has to have plenty of fiber with the cauliflower in it…you can calculate nutrition values for recipes and individual ingredients here: http://recipenutrition.com/ingredients.aspx I can’t wait to try this combo-it sounds delicious!

Rating: Unrated 02/11/2011

I, too, want nutritionals on all recipes. Hope this can get accomplished!

I agree, ladies. EVERY recipe should have the nutritional info listed. That said, the fat content should be in the low range (5-10g) with the 1/2c of cheese. I’m going to try it - it sounds delicious. And what a great way to use cauliflower.

That makes two of us, momma628.

oh how I wish we could have nutritional information with these great recipes

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