Carrot-Harissa-Miso Pasta

Preheat your oven to 400F or 200C.

Step 2

Start with the pasta dough- pout both flours and a pinch of salt on the working surface. Make a pit in the middle and add the water.


3 ½ oz semolina flour


3 ½ oz white flour


3 ½ oz water


of salt

Step 3

Start mixing, each time collecting more flour from the sides of the pile. Knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic (about 6-8 minutes). If the dough feels too dry, wet your hands and get back to kneading the dough.

Step 4

Round the dough into a tight ball, wrap in plastic wrap and set aside while working on the sauce.

Step 5

Moving to the sauce- Add the carrots on a baking tray, lined with parchment paper, add olive oil and salt and mix well. Bake for 40 min until or until soften.


7 orange carrots, peeled and roughly cut


1 extra virgin olive oil


Salt

Step 6

In a medium sized pan over medium heat, add 1 tbsp olive oil, shallots and garlic. Cook for 5 min, stirring constantly.


1 extra virgin olive oil

Step 7

Add harissa and white mist and mix well. Add 2 tbsp of water and cook for 3 more minutes. Remove from the heat.


1 tsp harissa


1 tsp white miso


2 water

Step 8

In a food processor, blend the baked carrots and the shallots-garlic-miso-harissa mix until smooth. Add water as needed.


water

Step 9

Pass the sauce through a sieve to make sure we get a super smooth sauce.

Step 10

Moving to the gremolata- in a bowl add the chopped carrot tops, parsley, oregano, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil and salt, and mix well.


2 ½ Carrot tops from carrots, chopped


¼ parsley bunch, chopped


1 lemon, juice and zest


1 tbsp fresh oregano leaves (optional)


1 garlic clove, finely grated


1 ½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil


Salt

Step 11

Moving to the breadcrumbs- In a medium sized pan over medium heat, add 1 tbsp olive oil, panko and salt. Cook for 3-4 minutes, mixing constantly. Once it reaches the desire color, remove from the pan to a flat plate to cool.


½ cup panko breadcrumbs


1 tbsp olive oil


of salt

Step 12

Back to the pasta shaping- divide the dough into 10 pieces, working on one piece at a time, and the rest covered with a plastic wrap.

Step 13

Roll a piece of dough into a long, very thin rope. Wrap the rope around your two middle fingers twice and pinch ends together to seal. Remove your fingers and hold the loops delicately where they cross. Starting at the bottom where the ends are sealed, gently twist the strands together like you’re winding a watch. Repeat with the rest of the dough.

Step 14

In a big pot, bring water to boil. Add salt. and boil the pasta for 4-5 min. In the meantime, heat up the sauce on a big pan.

Step 15

Add the cooked pasta to the sauce and cook for 1 minute while constantly stirring.

Step 16

Plate the pasta, top with gremolata and breadcrumbs. Grate Parmigiano Reggiano to your liking.

Step 17

YASSS!