- 1 lb Spaghetti
- ½ lb Broccoli floretschopped into 1 inch pieces
- ¼ cup Butter
- 1 8 oz container Mushroomssliced
- 2 cloves Garlicminced
- 3 cups Half-and-half cream
- 1 ½ tsp Salt
- ¾ tsp Black pepper
- ¾ cup Parmesan cheeseor Parmigiano-Reggiano, divided
Spaghetti Con Broccoli
This Spaghetti Con Broccoli recipe is one of my favorite midweek meals. How often can you get a healthy, delicious and nutritious meal on the table in under 30 minutes? It contains one of my favorite superfoods too – broccoli. Broccoli is such an amazing veggie. It is low in calories but contains loads of nutrients and antioxidants that are great for your body.Â
Start by cooking the spaghetti and broccoli in a large pan of boiling water. As the pasta is cooking, sauté mushrooms and garlic in a skillet. Add cream and bring to a simmer before stirring in the spaghetti and broccoli. Finish the dish by stirring through Parmesan cheese. Delicious!Â
To make Spaghetti Con Broccoli, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Spaghetti Con Broccoli
1 | Cook pasta | 7 |
Bring 4-6 quarts of water to a boil in a large saucepan with 1 tablespoon of salt. Cook 1 pound of spaghetti in the water for 7 minutes. | ||
2 | Add broccoli | 3 |
Add ½ pound of broccoli florets and cook for 2-3 more minutes until the spaghetti is al dente and the broccoli is crisp-tender. | ||
3 | Reserve cooking water | 1 |
Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water. Drain the spaghetti and broccoli. | ||
4 | Sauté mushrooms | 4 |
Place ¼ cup of butter in a large deep skillet and melt. Sauté 8 ounces of sliced mushrooms for 4 minutes over medium heat. | ||
5 | Add garlic | 1 |
Add 2 minced cloves of garlic and cook for another 30 seconds. | ||
6 | Pour in cream | 4 |
Pour in 3 cups of cream, 1 ½ teaspoons of salt and ¾ teaspoon of pepper. Bring the sauce to a simmer. Simmer, while stirring occasionally for 4 minutes over medium heat until the sauce is slightly thickened. | ||
7 | Stir in spaghetti and broccoli | 1 |
Stir in the cooked spaghetti and broccoli. Pour in ¼ cup of the reserved pasta water. Cook while stirring for 1 minute until all the spaghetti is coated with the sauce. | ||
8 | Mix cheese with the pasta | 1 |
Stir ½ a cup of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into the pasta and remove the pan from the heat. | ||
9 | Serve | |
Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and serve. | ||
Recipe Reviews
Making this for dinner tonight, ready for the healthy diet! Absolutely love the combination of spaghetti and broccoli.
Made this last night for my family, husband and kids loved it. Husband said it was restaurant quality food.
30 Minutes wasn't enough for the pasta, could be that my stove just sucks. It ended up being too hard and I had to re-do it. But still a good recipe once I got the timing right. I would recommend the Harissa spaghetti instead though.
Followed the recipe step by step but swapped out the cheese to Mozzarella, it only added so much more to the flavor of this awesome dish.
Dish is delish, I am not a very good cook but after following the instructions I am amazed. This recipe is awesome and delicious.
My very picky family loved this, will be making it again soon for sure.
The cream makes all these ingredients combine so nicely together, this is superb!
Fast and easy, will be adding this to my personal "To cook" list.
The recipe is quite simple, created this masterpiece without a mess and it tasted delicious.
Well done! Thanks for sharing recipe!
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