Pasta with broccoli. I make this pasta and broccoli recipe at least twice a month when I need a quick meal I know everyone will enjoy. For a sausage version you may like this Orecchiette Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli. Broccoli pasta is a little bit lemony, a little bit cheesy and a whole lot of yum.

Broccoli & Mushroom pasta with easy home made white sauce (No Alfredo Sauce). Pasta with broccoli in a lemon garlic sauce. You'll be cooking the pasta and broccoli together in the same pot. You can have Pasta with broccoli using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pasta with broccoli

You need 500 g of pasta (penne, conchiglie, etc.).
It's 500 g of broccoli florets.
You need 1 clove of garlic, mashed.
Prepare 10 of cherry tomatoes, cut in half.
It's 200 g of prosciutto or bacon or smoked turkey cut into small squares.
You need 250 g of heavy cream.
Prepare 1 of little bit of basil.
You need of salt, pepper, oil.

Johnsonville Smoked Chicken Italian Sausage and Broccoli RigatoniJohnsonville Sausage. The broccoli is cooked down until it envelopes the pasta in a garlicky sauce. You'll love this authentic Italian recipe from Naples! How to make Pasta con Broccoli.

Pasta with broccoli instructions

Boil the broccoli florets in plenty of water for a few minutes until they are slightly tender. Take care not to boil more than that because then they will get mashed. Remove the broccoli and keep the water..
Boil the pasta in this water (adding more if necessary) according to the instructions on the packet..
Using a large frying pan sauté the garlic first, then add the broccoli and the cherry tomatoes and stir in the heavy cream. Take care when you stir so that you don't mash the vegetables. Add the basil, season with salt and pepper and let it simmer for a while until the sauce thickens..
Mix with the vegetables and serve..

First cook the pasta but the in last couple of minutes of cooking throw in the broccoli. Make sure you drain it well. Meanwhile add the butter to a skillet and cook the. Since the pasta boils directly with the sauce ingredients and soaks everything up as it cooks, the resulting dish is even more flavorful than I ever imagined. How to Make Broccoli and Penne Pasta.