Kohlrabi makes for a nifty sauce. |
Every once in a while, something new comes to my kitchen attention.
My housemate had kohlrabi in her CSA box and kindly let me feel free to use it. I prepared the radish family vegetable in two ways. The first is a delicious, dreamy cream sauce that went well with thick rotini pasta and yummy spinach.
Rotini and Spinach With Kohlrabi Cream Sauce Ingredients and Preparation
1 1/2 cup rotini
1 cup frozen spinach
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup water
1 kohlrabi bulb, peeled and chopped
2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Bring rotini and spinach to a boil together. Set aside.
In a separate pot, boil hot water and add kohlrabi. Cook until softened.
Using a blender or food processor, combine kohlrabi, a bit of the kohlrabi water, nutritional yeast, olive oil, garlic, turmeric, salt, crushed red pepper, and black pepper.
Stir kohlrabi cream sauce into pasta and spinach. |
Serve nice and hot. |
Enjoy. |
Seriously brilliant!! I bet this is similar to a cauliflower Alfredo. I definitely have to try this. Who doesn't love a delicious creamy sauce without nuts! Don't get me wrong, I love cashew Alfredo but it is really heavy. Brilliant idea, I never would have thought of this, I've only ever had it raw!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! It's definitely lighter than a nut based sauce. Next time, I would add just a pinch of lemon juice.
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