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in #lchf8 years ago (edited)

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We all love zucchini noodles in this house. Lightly fried up in butter[1] and what I wanted was a nicely fakey pasta sauce to go with it.

This was almost "Cauli Alfredo" until I learned that Real Alfredo actually doesn't involve carbs. So this has become a white sauce.

Instruments

  • Spiralizer
  • Large cooking pot
  • Smaller cooking pot
  • Steamer
  • Your favourite preparation knives
  • Spoon, tongs, or pasta fork
  • A handy cooktop-like heat source

Ingredients

  • Two heads of cauliflower
  • four zucchinis
  • 5 spring onions or challots
  • 1 can of coconut cream
  • 1 cup of pure cream[2]
  • 100 g butter, or cooking fat of your choice
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method

  • Chop all the florets off your cauliflower and put them in your steamer
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  • Steam them until they're mashably soft[3]

  • While that's going on, chop your challots.

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  • When the cauliflower is ready, mash it up with your creams and herbs.

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  • Add the challots and stir in. Cook on a low heat while you arrange the noodles

  • Spiralise your noodles
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  • Cook the noodles in your choice of fats until everything smells delicious.

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  • Serve with the finished noodles

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The noodles and the sauce serve four, but there was lots more sauce to go around. Alas, I was tired and left it out in the open and... flies found it. Euw.

Remember to pack up your leftovers fresh!

[1] Anti-dairy folks can feel free to use coconut oil or olive oil.

[2] Again, anti-dairy people can substitute another can of coconut cream, or milk substitute and olive oil

[3] Our steamer machine is an old, cheap and nasty model with a clockwork timer that only goes for an hour. To achieve the desired softness, we had to steam our cauliflower for three hours. I think we would have got better performance out of a sweedish steamer and a huge pot.