Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pasta with home-made pesto and broccoli. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Everything you love about homemade pesto, but with the added nutritional benefits of broccoli! Rich in antioxidants, you can add a tasty twist to your pasta with this recipe. Creamy chicken broccoli pasta with the addition of pesto and parmesan takes this humble dish to a whole new level. Drain the broccoli and return it to the pan.
Pasta with home-made pesto and broccoli is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Pasta with home-made pesto and broccoli is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pasta with home-made pesto and broccoli using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta with home-made pesto and broccoli:
- Take ——– Pesto sauce ——-
- Make ready 1 generous bunch fresh basil
- Get 1 cup pine nuts
- Prepare 120 gr. parmesan cheese
- Take 1 generous glass good quality olive oil
- Get 1 lemon (juice of)
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic (6 if it's a small bulb)
- Prepare 1 few pinches of salt
- Make ready ——– Pasta dish ——-
- Take 3 tbsp. pesto sauce
- Take 1 tablespoon mixed seeds
- Prepare 1 packet tallerines
- Make ready 1 small head broccoli
This healthy pasta with pesto recipe, finished with a garlic & chilli sizzle, is the perfect easy dinner idea. See pesto pasta recipes at Tesco Real Food. Add the broccoli pesto and mix through the pasta to coat. No cream, no butter… just pesto and good old fashioned Mediterranean olive oil.
Steps to make Pasta with home-made pesto and broccoli:
- Break the cheese into smaller pieces, put in the food processor with the pine nuts and blitz
- Add the rest of the pesto ingredients and blitz again until you obtain a smooth, vibrant green sauce
- If the sauce is too "dry" add more olive oil blitz and carry on adding and blitzing until you get this kind of texture. Taste and add salt accordingly
- Save in an airtight container. It will keep for days in the fridge.
- For the broccoli pasta, wash the broccoli well. Heat about 4 cm. of water in a small saucepan and when it is boiling add a pinch of salt, the broccoli florets and cover with a lid. Steam for 4 minutes and drain immediatly. Hold under cold running water to stop it from getting limp. Cook the pasta according to the instructions in the packet and drain thoroughly. Mix the hot pasta with the pesto sauce in the pan. Add the broccoli and transfer to an oven dish. Sprinkle with seeds and put a dollup of pesto on the seeds. Put in a pre-heated oven at 180º for 10 minutes.
- Serve with a very simple tomato, onion and lettuce salad on the side. Enjoy :-)
Add the broccoli pesto and mix through the pasta to coat. No cream, no butter… just pesto and good old fashioned Mediterranean olive oil. Steamed broccoli adds a healthy boost I prefer this pasta with traditional cheese pesto, but you can also make it vegan by using a dairy-free pesto. If keeping the pasta dairy-free, you may. I make this pasta and broccoli recipe at least twice a month when I need a quick meal I know everyone For a sausage version you may like this Orecchiette Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli.
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