Pasta Con Broccoli
Pasta Con Broccoli is one of my favourite Italian food. I first had it in one of the best Italian restaurant in Edwards ville, Illinois. From then, I desperately wanted to try this at home. From the taste of the pasta, I could guess the ingredients to an extent. It was rich and creamy with cheese, sauce, butter, garlic, mushroom, lots of broccoli in cooked shells and seasoned with pepper. It is simple to make and delicious to have. You will definitely like it. My version of pasta is with less cheese and no cream. So it may not look creamy. But believe me the taste will be really good.
Ingredients:
- Pasta shells – 1lb (I used Rotini)
- Pasta sauce – 1/4 cup
- Butter – 2 tbsp
- Heavy whipping cream – 1 cup (optional)
- Parmesan cheese – 1/4 cup
- Minced garlic – 1 tsp
- Broccoli florets – 1 cup
- Mushroom – 1/4 cup
- Ground pepper – 1/2 tsp (adjust to taste)
- Salt to taste
Method of Preparation:
- In a wide vessel, boil some water with little salt. Add the pasta shells to it and boil till it is cooked.
- Shells should be completely immersed in hot water
- Drain the cooked shells and keep it aside
- Heat 2 tbsp of butter in a wide skillet and add minced garlic and mushrooms
- Cook broccoli separately either using microwave for 4 to 5 mins or in boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes. Keep it aside
- Now add pasta sauce, whipping cream and a little salt as we have already cooked the shells with salt
- Keep on stirring till you get a desired consistency. That is till the gravy gets thickened
- Now add the cooked shells and and combine them until the pasta gets mixed nicely with the ingredients
- Now add the steamed broccoli to it and combine well for one or two minutes
- Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese and ground pepper over it and mix it
- Remove from heat and serve hot with
- My pasta doesn’t look creamy because I did not add heavy cream. Instead I added 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese before removing from heat and kept it in Preheated oven at 450°F for ten minutes.
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This sounds so good, and I can imagine the flavor with the whipping cream and Parmesan cheese!
I am hungry right now and this dish would be exactly what would satisfy me.
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With broccoli..pasta looks delicous!!
That must taste awesome…usually when i make pasta i pair up the marinara sauce with alfredo sauce. Yours looks too tempting and its already lunch time here.
Confort food, I can imagine the creamy taste of u pasta!
hi this is amazing.i am going to try this
but can u suggest me tat which kind of pasta sauce.i mean which brand and which kind of pasta brand
reply me
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Hi Suguna, the sauce I used is Ragu Traditional Pasta sauce. But you can use any pasta sauce. Even the pasta shells, I picked in random. Any brand will be good. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. Thanks for your comments.
Hey nithu,nice try.let me get some when you make them next time.It looks lovely.