Description
This is a vegan take on supermodel Gigi Hadid's famous pasta alla vodka recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- ⅓ cup olive oil (extra virgin)
- 2 cloves garlic (diced)
- 1 shallot (diced)
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 1 small tin Mutti tomato paste ((140g))
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp vodka
- 4 cups almond milk (unsweetened)
- 3 cups cauliflower florets (fresh or frozen)
- 1¼ cup raw cashews
- 500 g pasta of choice
- ½ - 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 bunch basil (fresh)
Instructions
- Heat Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Add garlic and shallot Once warm, add garlic and shallot. Cook for 1-2 mins until garlic is fragrant.
- Add nutritional yeast, tomato paste, and salt. Add nutritional yeast, tomato paste, and salt. Reduce heat to low and cook while stirring, about 1 min.
- Stir vodka Stir in vodka and cook until it evaporates, about 1 min.
- Add almond milk Add almond milk and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
- Add cauliflower and cashews Add cauliflower and cashews. Reduce heat to medium-low and continue simmering until cauliflower is soft, 20 mins.
- Blend sauce Splitting the sauce mixture into three batches, blend in a high-speed blender or food processor until smooth.
- Cook pasta Cook pasta in highly salted water until al dente.
- Save water Save a bit of pasta water (¼ - ½ cup) and drain pasta into a colander.
- Combine Add the sauce into the now-empty pot and bring to a simmer over low heat.
- Add pasta Add pasta in with the sauce and cook until warmed, adding reserved pasta water if needed to make the sauce more liquid-y.
- Season Season with salt and chilli flakes to taste.
- Top with basil Top with chopped basil and serve.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: American, Italian
Nutrition
- Calories: 613
- Fat: 28.3
- Carbohydrates: 73.8
- Protein: 19.2