Healthy pasta recipe for 4 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has penne, broccoli, garlic clove, lemon, chilli, pine nut, extra-virgin olive oil and parmesan.
Broccoli pesto pasta
Course: Healthy pasta
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
5 mins
Ingredients
- Penne: 400g penne, farfalle or conchiglie pasta
- Garlic Clove: 1 garlic clove, peeled
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- Parmesan: 3 tbsp parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
- Lemon: 1 large lemon
- Chilli: 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
- Broccoli: 250g broccoli, cut into florets
- Pine Nut: 3 tbsp pine nuts
Directions
- Tip the pasta into a large pan of boiling salted water and cook according to pack instructions. Meanwhile, bring a smaller pan of salted water to the boil, add the broccoli and boil for 4 minutes.
- Drain the broccoli and return it to the pan. Lightly mash the broccoli with a potato masher or fork. Finely grate the garlic and zest the lemon, then mix into the broccoli with the chilli flakes and pine nuts. Cut the lemon in half and keep for later.
- Drain the pasta and return it to the pan. Stir in the broccoli pesto and squeeze over the juice of 1/2 lemon. Pour in the olive oil and generously season with salt and pepper. Spoon in the grated Parmesan, toss the pasta well and serve.
