Good cheese, good vegetables, good pasta. What more could you need? These quick creamy noodles rely on one thing: a stellar homemade Alfredo sauce. Butter, cream and cheese get you there, anchored by the musky aroma of nutmeg. Adding cauliflower to the boiling pasta in the last few minutes of cooking results in a lighter, glossier final sauce. Serve with an arugula salad, dressed simply with lemon juice, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, extra-virgin olive oil and more grated cheese.

Cauliflower Alfredo Pasta

Ingredients:

• Salt and pepper

• 8 ounces dried short pasta , such as fusilli, rigatoni or cavatappi

• 1/2 small head cauliflower, florets and stems cut into bite-size pieces (about 3 cups/10 ounces)

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

• 1 small shallot , finely choppe

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