Dinner

Penne with Cauliflower Ragu is for Dinner.

Penne with Cauliflower Ragu takes 60 minutes to prepare.

Penne with Cauliflower Ragu takes 60 minutes to cook.

Penne with Cauliflower Ragu makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Penne with Cauliflower Ragu are:

1 med head cauliflower (abt 2 lbs)
1T Olive oil
1 med onion chopped into 1/4 in dice
3 garlic cloves smashed and peeled
1.5 t hot red pepper flakes
2T unsalted butter
1 lb of pennette or penne
3/4c parmesan plus extra for serving
1/4c bread crumbs
1.5t minced fresh rosemary

Here is how you make Penne with Cauliflower Ragu:

Makes 6 servings Recipe modified to have much lower amount of oil, butter and salt. May need to use spray grease.1. Halve cauliflower. Remove leaves and cut out core and reserve. Cut cauliflower into small bite size florets, reserving stalks. Chop core, leaves and stalks.2. Combine oil, onion, garlic, and cauliflower core, leaves and stalks in large pot, season with sea salt and cook over medium heat stirring frequently until leave are just beginning to wilt, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring often until leaves are just tender 18-20 minutes.3. Add cauliflower florets, red pepper flakes and 1 c water and bring to simmer over medium high heat. Reduce heat to gently simmer cover and cook stirring occasionally until cauliflower is almost falling apart 22-25 min. Add butter stirring gently until it melts. season well with sea salt. remove from heat.4. bring 6 quarts of water to boil in large pot and cook pasta until al dente.5. drain pasta reserving about 2.3c pasta water. Add pasta and 1/3c pasta water to ragu. Toss over medium heat until pasta is well coated (add more water to thin sauce). Stir in cheese.6. Transfer pasta to serving bowl sprinkle with bread crumbs and rosemary and serve with additional cheese.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SCIGEEK.

The nutritional information for Penne with Cauliflower Ragu is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 345.9

• Total Fat: 10.7 g
• Cholesterol: 10.0 mg
• Sodium: 185.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 58.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.5 g
• Protein: 14.0 g