Summer pasta with cauliflower-almond pesto

This Summer pasta is delicious, light and fresh, so it’s perfect for a warm day. It’s great also eaten cold, as a pasta salad, for example during a pick-nick. In this case make sure you cook the pasta REALLY al dente because it will keep on absorbing moisture from the sauce getting softer as it does.

Raw cauliflower might not sound really charming but it’s really yummy, especially in combination with fresh feta cheese and hot chilli peppers. Try it and you’ll love it too!

I used three-color fusilli but you can use any other pasta you like – preferably a short one. So farfalle, penne and tortiglioni are totally OK.
If you don’t have a kitchen robot you can grate the cauliflower with a cheese grater and prepare the pesto with an immersion blender. And for a vegan version use yeast flakes instead of cheese.

Fusilli al pesto di cavolfiore e mandorle (fusilli with cauliflower-almond pesto)

Serves 2:

1/4 medium-sized cauliflower
2 handfuls of raw almonds
1 garlic clove
200 gr. feta
5-6 twigs of mini basil (normal basil is fine too)
1 pinch of chilli flakes
rind of 1/2 organic lemon
2 spoons of lemon juice
1/2 dl. extra virgin olive oil
4 spoons of water
salt and black pepper to taste

Grate the cauliflower with the mixer until they look like couscous.
Add the rest of the ingredients and mi until you obtain a quite coarse pesto.
Serve on your favourite pasta and buon appetito!