Feta Broccoli Pasta

It’s comfort food season, so let’s bring out the creamy feta pasta!! The sauce is made from broccoli, feta, roasted garlic, hazelnuts and lemon! So many flavors in one pasta.

By @eva.koper

Original recipe source

Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 500 g broccoli
• 1 piece onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 200 g pasta
• 1 pinch salt
• 25 g hazelnuts
• 500 g broccoli
• 100 g feta
• 25 g roasted hazelnuts
• 2 cloves garlic
• 20 g basil
• 30 ml olive oil
• 1 piece shallot
• 200 ml pasta water
• 200 g pasta
• 1 batch sauce
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 50 g feta
• 3 leaves basil
• 20 g roasted hazelnuts

Instructions

1. Heat up water in a saucepan and cook the broccoli for 5 minutes. Or place roasted the onion, garlic and broccoli on a baking tray for 30 minutes on 200C for extra flavor (this does make the sauce less green).
2. Bring the water to the boil with a little bit of salt. Add the pasta and cook al dente.
3. Cut the hazelnuts in pieces and roast them in a pan till golden brown.
4. In a blender, blend the broccoli, feta, roasted hazelnuts, garlic, basil, olive oil, shallot and pasta water till smooth.
5. Add the sauce to the pasta.
6. In a bowl, mix together the lemon zest, feta and basil. Sprinkle it on top when serving together with the extra roasted hazelnuts.