Friday, January 24, 2020

Pasta With Cabbage, Winter Squash And Walnuts

This is the second pasta recipe selected this month at Cook The Book Fridays, from Everyday Dorie cookbook. 

The main ingredients are winter squash, green cabbage, dried cranberries, walnuts and pasta. Flavour from this pasta dish comes from cider vinegar. I've used regular pumpkin and napa cabbage.



The squash is first cooked in a little oil, season with salt and pepper until tender, then stir in the vinegar followed by the honey. Dish out and keep aside. The pasta is boiled in salted water, and the dried cranberries are thrown in during the last one minute of the pasta cooking time. Drain the pasta and retain a quarter cup or so of the cooking water. The cabbage is cooked in a tablespoon of oil, season with salt and pepper, with a tablespoon of cider vinegar, stir until it is absorbed. Pour in about a quarter cup of the pasta cooking water, stir for a minute, then add the pasta with the cranberries and a tablespoon of olive oil, Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve, topped with walnuts and Parmesan.

We thought this pasta dish was just OK. The cranberries and walnuts added a nice touch and texture to the dish, but this is not in our list of favourite pasta dish. The family prefers the previous pasta we made two weeks ago, Pasta with Shrimp, Squash, Lemon and Lots Of Herbs, of which there's a request to make again. 



10 comments:

  1. This makes a perfect weekday lunch!

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  2. THis was not a winner in my house. I love the color of your dish.

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  3. I liked how flexible this recipe is - you can really change the ingredients depending on what you have on had. My kinda cooking!

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  4. I agree. Of the two pasta recipes this month, the first is my favorite. I do like the idea of this week's recipe but IMHO it lacked flavor. The crunch, loved that. And I am always happy to add a vegetable into the main course. Squash is a favorite for me but maybe wasn't the right veggie for this recipe. I am hoping that others have some flavor-boosters suggestions for us.

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  5. This was different from the usual pasta that I serve, but I did enjoy it with the kale and butternut squash.

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  6. We had the same opinion of this pasta as you did. I still need to make the shrimp one.

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  7. Guess what? I preferred the other pasta dish also. I like every single ingredient in this recipe but, together, it just didn't work for me. This is only the second recipe of all we've made that I won't make again. That's a pretty good record for Dorie.

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  8. We agreed with you...not our favorite but fun to try!

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  9. YUmm, A nice change from the usual cream and tomato based sauces. lovely flavors, Have a nice week

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  10. This is new and something different too
    As a pasta lover bookmarking this one .

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