Broccoli - Pesto Pasta
"Broccoli makes a deliciously quick pesto - type sauce when briefly cooked and mashed with garlic, lemon, chilli and pine nuts. I use castelli cheese as I am veggie, if us are not use grana padano cheese. This is a "superfood" dish a good source of vitamins."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 400 g penne pasta
- 250 g broccoli, cut into florets
- 1 garlic, cloved peeled
- 1 large lemon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried crushed chili flakes
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts
- 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
directions
- Cook pasta aaccording to packet instructions.
- Boil broccoli for 4 minutes, drain and return to the pan.
- mash the broccoli and add the grated garlic and the zest of the lemon, add the chilli and pine nuts.
- Drain the pasta and add the pesto. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze over the juice. Pour in the olive oil and season to taste.
- add the cheese, toss the pasta and serve.
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Reviews
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perfect recipe....didn't follow exactly as said below but thats because i use everything as a general guideline because im too picky but it tastes just like my mom used to make it THANKS :)
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5 stars - perfect, will make again without any changes.
4 stars - Liked it, will make again again but with changes.
3 stars - had to make major changes but got it to work.
2 stars - had to make major changes and it didn't work.
1 star - went terribly, a waste of time and ingredients, I cried, BF cried the cats cried you get the picture...
