spaghetti with broccoli

Blue cheese + broccoli spaghetti

This is so simple and so good.

No ingredients list needed really.

But … oh ok then … this is what I used for a big greedy portion for one person …


spaghetti

broccoli

olive oil

garlic clove, minced

green chilli, minced

lots of blue cheese, Gorgonzola ideally

fresh basil leaves, if you have them


I just brought a big of water to the boil with a big pinch of salt and cooked the spaghetti for eight minutes.

Added broccoli chopped into quite small bits and boiled for another three minutes.

Drained and ran cold water over so it all stopped cooking any further.

Put a big non-stick pan over a medium heat and added a a dash of oil plus one garlic clove, ;peeled and finely chopped and a green chilli, finely chopped (omit the chilli if you don’t want it spicy of course).

After maybe 30 seconds I tipped in the spaghetti and the broccoli plus some of their cooking water to keep it loose and light and easy.

Also added quite a lot of lovely chopped up Stilton cheese, but any blue cheese will do. I think Gorgonzola would be perfect … but Stilton is what I had.

Put a lid on the pan and cook on a low simmering heat for maybe three minutes more.

Remove from heat, check seasoning, add a few leaves of fresh basil if you have them.

Rachel Redlaw blue cheese broccoli spaghetti

This is a super-simple dish that is just WAY more than the sum of its parts!

Just gorgeous.

And decadent.

And quick.

What more could you ask from an easy quick supper?

NOTHING. RIEN.

It’s kinda perfect.



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