Spicy Broccoli Rigatoni

A spicy and flavorful pasta dish featuring broccoli, olives, and anchovies.

By @amberthenutritionist

Original recipe source

Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients

• 1 whole broccoli
• 3 tbsp EVOO
• 2 cloves garlic cloves, minced
• 60 g mixed olives (black and green), roughly chopped
• 4 whole anchovies, chopped
• 0.5 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 200 g rigatoni
• 0 salt
• 0 pepper

Instructions

1. Separate the florets and the stalk of the broccoli. Peel off the outer layer of broccoli stalk and chop the stalk into small pieces.
2. Boil the broccoli heads and stalk pieces for 5 mins.
3. Heat the EVOO in a pan, add the garlic, olives, anchovies and chilli flakes.
4. Add your cooked broccoli into the pan, along with a bit of the water.
5. If your pasta packet gives a timing range for cooking, boil according to the lower value.
6. Mash the broccoli into the sauce, not too much but not too little either (you still want some whole pieces of broccoli).
7. Add the pasta to the sauce along with a bit of pasta water. Mix everything together. Season well with salt and pepper.