Yes, this tastes\u00a0every\u00a0bit as\u00a0beautiful and delicious as it looks. The coconut milk gives it a lovely sweet taste, which contrasts perfectly with the saltiness from the cheese, and the lemon and mint add a nice refreshing accent to the peppery radish and earthy pumpkin seeds. This dish is so bright and summery, yet cheesy and comforting at the same time – it\u00a0is definitely a new pasta staple in my house!<\/p>\n
Yield: Serves 2-3<\/p>\n
Ingredients:<\/em><\/p>\n Preparation:<\/em><\/p>\n Start by boiling the water, adding a tsp of salt and then linguine noodles. Cook according to package. Reserve \u00bd cup of cooking water before draining.<\/p>\n Toast pumpkin seeds in a dry saut\u00e9 pan for about 2\u00bd minutes, until they turn a nice golden toasty colour, constantly shaking the pan around so they don’t burn. Set aside until\u00a0ready to assemble the dish.<\/p>\n While the water is boiling and the noodles are cooking, prepare the sauce. Heat 1 tbsp of butter on medium low heat in a somewhat deep pot (so you don’t get splashed when you use the immersion blender later). Add the chopped shallots and saut\u00e9 for 2 minutes.\u00a0Add the remaining \u00bd tbsp of butter and the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes,\u00a0whisking everything together and getting rid of flour lumps. Turn the heat to low and add in the coconut milk, half and half, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper and whisk for 2 minutes. Add in the parmesan cheese and whisk for 1 minute. Slowly add in 2 tbsp of the reserved cooking water from the noodles and whisk together. Add in the peas and mint and cook for an additional 2-4 minutes. Turn the heat off and use an immersion blender (or you can transfer to a blender) to blend the\u00a0sauce to your desired thickness. I like to keep a few of the peas somewhat whole just to add a bit of texture. Add in another 2 tbsp of reserved cooking water (I added a total of \u00bc cup) and mix together. You will want the sauce a tad on the thinner side because once the whole wheat noodles are added in\u00a0it will soak up a lot of moisture. Add the noodles to the sauce and mix everything together. Top with grated radish, toasted pumpkin seeds and a squeeze of lemon juice over the pasta. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n