Broccoli Pasta
Recipe: #27076
July 31, 2017
Categories: Broccoli, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, Vegetarian Dinner, more
"A very tasty and super easy pasta dish. I tend to like to add a bit of pepper instead of the chili flakes. chicken is also a nice addition."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (445.5 g)
- Calories 713.1
- Total Fat - 31.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.2 g
- Cholesterol - 7.9 mg
- Sodium - 3966.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 93.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 15.9 g
- Sugars - 7 g
- Protein - 19.9 g
- Calcium - 386.3 mg
- Iron - 4.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 271.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
Step 2
Add salt.
Step 3
Meanwhile, separate broccoli florets from the stalks
Step 4
Add the broccoli to the boiling water and cook until tender but still bright green, about 5 minutes.
Step 5
Remove broccoli with slotted spoon.
Step 6
Add pasta and cook to desired doneness, 8-12 minutes.
Step 7
Drain reserving 1 cup of the pasta water.
Step 8
In a small skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat and add garlic and hot pepper flakes.
Step 9
Saute until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.
Step 10
Add drained broccoli.
Step 11
Mix in ricotta cheese and pasta, until sauce is creamy.
Step 12
If sauce is too dry, add as much pasta water as desired to get a creamy consistency.
Tips
No special items needed.