Buffalo Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Noodles
Buffalo Cauliflower with Blue Cheese Noodles
2018-02-16 14:04:10
Ingredients
- 1 head of cauliflower, leaves removed and washed
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1- 12ounce package egg noodles
- 1/2 small red onion
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 ounces blue cheese crumbles
To roast the cauliflower
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Place a cast iron skillet in the oven as it preheats on a rack in the center of the oven.
- In the bottom of the oven, place a shallow pan filled with water.
- While the pan preheats, brush the cauliflower with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. When the pan is hot, add a tablespoon of olive oil and place cauliflower in pan and roast for 1 to 2 hours (depending on the size of the cauliflower).
- You may need to baste the cauliflower with the olive oil every 30 minutes or so.
- If you're in a hurry, you can break up the cauliflower, toss the florets in the olive oil, pour onto a preheated sheet pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast in the 375 degree oven for 30-40 minutes.
- Toss the cauliflower in Buffalo Sauce.
- Keep warm while you make the noodles.
For the noodles
- In a large pot, boil noodles according to package direction.
- When desired doneness, drain noodles but reserve 1 cup pasta water.
- In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and cook diced red onion until tender.
- Add garlic and red pepper flakes and cook another minute.
- In the pan you cooked the noodles in, add back the reserved pasta water, the onions and garlic and the butter.
- Add blue cheese crumbles and stir to combine.
- (At this point, you may need to add a splash of milk to coat all the noodles and make the mixture smooth).
- It's not necessary, but if you have some parsley, chop it up and throw some in...it gives it a little color (and it's green, so it's like your eating more vegetables).
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Pour onto a platter and top with the Buffalo Cauliflower.
- Sprinkle with more blue cheese crumbles and a few dashes of hot sauce.
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