We found these interesting pasta shapes at Whole Foods and used them in a very simple recipe to really enjoy the pasta flavor.
Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 LB broccoli
- 1 LB pasta
- 6 TB olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 6 anchovy fillets in oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Cut broccoli florets in 2 pieces.
- Bring a large pan of water to a boil.
- Boil broccoli until barely tender, about 5 minutes.
- Remove broccoli pieces from the pan to a serving bowl and do not discard the water.
- Add salt to the cooking water.
- Add pasta, stir well, and cook until al dente, in this case about 8 minutes.
- While the pasta is boiling, heat the oil in a small frying pan.
- Add the garlic, and after 2-3 minutes the anchovy fillets.
- Mash the anchovies and garlic into a paste with the back of a wooden spoon.
- Cook 3-4 minutes more.
- Before draining the pasta, ladl3 1-2 cupfuls of the cooking water over the broccoli.
- Add the drained pasta and the hot anchovy and oil mixture.
- Mix well, and season with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Serve at once.
I've never seen that shape of pasta before - did it taste like regular pasta?
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This sounds and looks delicious!
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