Spaghetti with brocoli sauce

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Spaghetti with brocoli sauce

See how easy it is to eat healthy at home with Karina. Karina is preparing, with lots of love, step-by-step, a delicious Spaghetti with a Broccoli sauce. This simple, fast, healthy and delicious recipe is so easy to prepare; you will be amazed.

Spaghetti with brocoli sauce

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Details
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 30 to 35 minutes
Servings or yield: For 3 to 4 people
Difficulty level: Easy
Ingredients
300g fresh or dry spaghetti
1 bouquet of fresh broccoli
2 smashed garlic cloves
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan (optional)

Preparation

Fill a big pot with water, bring to boil. When water boiling, add salt.

Clean the broccoli and cut in small bouquets. Put the broccoli in the salted boiling water and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes or until the broccoli is really soft.

In a large pan, heat some olive oil oven medium heat add the garlic, cook until golden brown.

When the broccoli is cooked, drain and transfer in the pan with olive oil and garlic. Keep the water boiling to cook your pasta. Crush the broccoli with a fork or a pilar. Add some broccoli cooking water to keep the sauce a bit more liquid. Cook over medium low for about 4 minutes.

When water is boiling, add the pasta and cook for 4 minutes or depending on the pasta you are using until "Al dente". When pasta is ready, drain and add it to the broccoli puree directly to the pan. Mix well to blend everything together.

Add some Parmesan (optional), salt and pepper to taste and serve.

Tips, Tricks + Culinary ideas

Tip If you want your vegetables to remain green after cooking, you must: abundantly salt the water and boil over high heat.
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Preparation steps

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1 - Fill a big pot with water bring to boil. When water boiling, add salt.

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2 - Clean the broccoli. Cut the Broccoli in small bouquets.

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3 - Put the broccoli in the salted boiling water. Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the broccoli is really soft.

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4 - In a large pan, heat some olive oil oven medium heat add the garlic, cook until golden brown.

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5 - When the broccoli is cooked, transfer in the pan with olive oil and garlic, with a colander. Keep the water to cook your pasta, bring to boil again.

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6 - Crush the broccoli with a fork.

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7 - Add some broccoli cooking water to keep the sauce a bit more liquid. Cook over medium low for about 4 minutes.

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8 - When water is boiling, add the pasta. Cook for 4 minutes or depending on the pasta you are using until "Al dente".

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9 - When pasta is ready, drain and add it to the broccoli puree in the pan.

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