Cauliflower and kale pesto pasta salad with burrata from Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds (page 152) by Hetty Lui McKinnon

  • lemons
  • kale
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  • Serves : 4-6

  • EYB Comments

    Can substitute other short pasta for farfalle pasta, fresh mozzarella cheese or ricotta cheese for burrata, pine nuts or pistachios for walnuts, and broccoli for cauliflower.

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    Can substitute other short pasta for farfalle pasta, fresh mozzarella cheese or ricotta cheese for burrata, pine nuts or pistachios for walnuts, and broccoli for cauliflower.

  • jobie_ixahwf on June 03, 2026

    Lovely pasta salad. I would add more cauliflower next time.

  • drew_b4af58 on April 12, 2026

    I made this with roasted parsnips along with broccoli rabe instead of celery & store bought pesto but it was still amazing!!

  • lily_z5lwe7 on February 25, 2026

    Solid! Served warm

  • Lsblackburn1 on December 10, 2025

    Very tasty. I only used one bunch of kale - maybe not enough? Added cubes of fresh mozzarella.

  • prkrgrant on March 31, 2025

    For the effort this is very good. Agreed on other notes of using pasta water to loosen the pesto. Did it without the burrata and was good, think it would be great with. Only note is I only had 100g of kale which was still quite a bit. I can't imagine using 2.5x that per the recipe but I'll try it next time, would've definitely increased the amount of pesto I could've made.

  • NicoleBrown on February 10, 2025

    Omgosh this was good. I had a lot of kale on my hands and this made good use of it! I confess I couldn’t bring myself to use 120ml of olive oil for the pesto. Since it was supposed to be chunky I believe I did around 50ml and that felt like plenty to still be delicious to me. Repeater for sure!

  • Breannetuttle on July 30, 2024

    This was really good. I used pasta water to loosen the pesto up instead of more oil. Would make again for sure.

  • roroj1 on December 20, 2023

    Loved this dish! Went heavier on the citrus and wish I had made more of the walnut pesto

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