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A bowl of broccoli and anchovy orecchiette pasta

Broccoli & anchovy orecchiette

Garlic, dried chilli & Parmesan cheese

A bowl of broccoli and anchovy orecchiette pasta

20 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 6

About the recipe

You must try this one. Penne and rigatoni work well in place of orecchiette – and are widely available everywhere.


nutrition per serving

367

Calories


9.5g

Fat


5.1g

Saturates


3g

Sugars


1.3g

Salt


14.8g

Protein


59.4g

Carbs


2.4g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

Penguin Anniversary Edition: Happy Days With The Naked Chef

Penguin Anniversary Edition: Happy Days With The Naked Chef

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

2 large heads of broccoli

2 large cloves of garlic

8 anchovy fillets, in oil, from sustainable sources

4 good knobs of butter

2–4 small dried red chillies, to your taste

450g dried orecchiette

Parmesan cheese

Method

  1. Using a small knife, trim round the broccoli to remove the dark green florets from the main stalks and put them to one side. Peel the stalks, trim off the dry end and throw this away. Peel and chop the garlic.
  2. Finely chop the broccoli stalk and put into a large pan with the garlic, anchovies and half the butter. Crumble in the chilli, cover with a lid and cook slowly for 8 to 10 minutes while you cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to the packet instructions.
  3. Something I like to do which is slightly different (but better, I’d like to think) is to cook the broccoli florets with the pasta for the last 4 minutes – this makes them soft enough to eat but leaves them with great colour and texture.
  4. Drain the pasta and broccoli, saving a little of the cooking water, then toss into the other pan. Remove the pan from the heat.
  5. Season to taste with sea salt, black pepper, the rest of the butter and finely grate in a large handful of Parmesan. Mix well, adding a little of the cooking water, to loosen, if needed, and make it shine.
  6. Serve immediately, sprinkling with another good handful of finely grated Parmesan.

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