Nonna’s Tagliatelle with Cauliflower & Olives

Tagliatelle con cavolfiore e olive

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      50 min

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Pasta Therapy: Over 100 nourishing recipes for relaxation, calm and healing

By Isabella Barbato

Published 2026

  • About

A simple and nourishing vegan dish with homemade semola tagliatelle, sautéed cauliflower, citrusy breadcrumbs, sultanas/golden raisins and pine nuts. This recipe, passed down by my nonna Maria, holds a special place in my heart. She believed that eating cauliflower kept us healthy and free from disease, and perhaps she was right: she lived a long, vibrant life. In our family, recipes weren’t carefully recorded in notebooks but passed on by memory or jotted down on scraps of