Cauliflower Alfredo without Heavy Cream
Servings: 6 people
- 1 pound (450 grams) cauliflower about ½ head, large
- 1 cup (250 grams) milk any
- ½ cup (50 grams) parmesan cheese grated
- ½ cup (125 grams) ricotta cheese
- 1 clove (1 cloves) garlic or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon (15 grams) Dijon mustard or American mustard
- ⅛ teaspoon (⅛ teaspoon) nutmeg grated
- 1 teaspoon (1) salt
- ⅛ teaspoon (⅛ teaspoon) black pepper
- 2 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) parsley chopped
- 12 ounces (340 grams) pasta
- Cut 1 pound cauliflower into chunks, then steam or boil it until very tender (about 15 - 20 minutes).
- To a blender, add cooked cauliflower, 1 cup milk, ½ cup parmesan cheese, ½ cup ricotta cheese, 1 clove garlic, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt, and ⅛ teaspoon black pepper.Blend at high speed until smooth.
- Cook 12 ounces pasta al dente in plenty of salted water. Reserve one cup of pasta water before draining the pasta.Add the sauce to a large skillet on medium heat, toss in the pasta, and, if necessary, add a ladleful of reserved pasta water.Toss until the pasta is fully coated in the sauce.
- Serve immediately with a sprinkle of finely chopped parsley and freshly ground black pepper.
STORAGE
Sauce: leftover cauliflower sauce stores well in a airtight container or jar in the fridge for up to 3 days. To use it, warm it up in a pan with a ladleful of pasta cooking water.
You can also freeze the sauce for up to 3 months, then thaw it directly on a pan with pasta water.
Pasta: store leftover pasta in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. Reheat on a pan with some water, or olive oil.
SERVING SIZE
*You can serve up to about 1.20 pounds of pasta (540 grams) with this sauce - that's about 6 portions of 2.8 ounces (80 grams) of pasta.
Use about 1 ladleful of cauliflower Afredo sauce per portion of pasta. Store leftover sauce in the fridge or freezer.
Nutrition information is an estimate for 1 portion of cauliflower Alfredo sauce out of 6 portions, with 2.8 ounces (80 grams) of pasta.
One portion of cauliflower Alfredo sauce without pasta has 105kcal with 6 grams of carbohydrates, 5 grams of protein, and 7 grams of fat.
