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This easy and quick pasta dish is a guaranteed way to get picky eaters to love their broccoli, just roast it with garlic and olive oil!
Pasta with Roasted Broccoli, Garlic and Oil
The aroma of the roasted garlic always conjures up the question, is dinner ready? This is one of my favorite pasta dishes, great for those nights you forget to defrost your something, or if you need to whip up a quick inexpensive yet healthy meal. Reserving some of your pasta water before you drain it, to add to the pasta after it’s tossed with the broccoli is my way of keeping the pasta from getting too dry, without having to add more olive oil. Adding crushed red pepper is also delicious if you like it a little spicy. Enjoy!
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Pasta with Roasted Broccoli, Garlic and Oil
This easy and quick pasta dish is a guaranteed way to get picky eaters to love their broccoli, just roast it with garlic and olive oil!
Yield: 4 servings
Serving Size: 1 /4th
Ingredients
- 8 oz pasta
- 1 1/2 lbs broccoli florets
- 6-8 cloves garlic, smashed
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- kosher salt and fresh pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh grated Pecorino Romano
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- In a baking dish combine broccoli, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Roast broccoli about 20 minutes, tossing half way, until broccoli is browned and tender.
- Meanwhile, boil salted water in a large pot.
- Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente.
- Before draining, reserve 1 cup of the water from the pasta.
- Drain and toss pasta with broccoli.
- Add 1/2 cup reserved pasta water (or more if necessary), Pecorino Romano, salt and pepper to taste.
Last Step:
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Serving: 1 /4th, Calories: 336 kcal, Carbohydrates: 57 g, Protein: 13 g, Fat: 10.4 g, Saturated Fat: 1 g, Sodium: 45.5 mg, Fiber: 11.7 g, Sugar: 1.6 g
8 oz. does not four serving make – at least not in this house. More like 1.5. I will be roasting up 2 lbs of bloc with a pound of shells. It will serve me, one guest and (maybe) a bit of leftovers.Â
This was a delicious and super fast dinner! I used corn pasta since we are trying to avoid the "real stuff." The nutty broccoli flavor paired perfectly! Definitely making this a staple weeknight meal in my house!
Do you think there's a way to roasted the vegetables ahead of time? I'm feeding a crowd and am trying to keep the number of dishes to a minimum.
We've made this a couple of times now and love it!! Last night, I reduced the amount of pasta and added in a pound of halved baby bella mushrooms, which I roasted with the broccoli & garlic. It was so good!
Amazing and extremely easy to make on a night you just don't want to cook! We sliced 2 lemons and added the slices to the pan when roasting the broccoli. The lemon added a nice flavor. Next time we might try to add boneless chicken breast. Awesome!
This was incredibly easy and so tasty! Can't wait to make it again!
Used whole wheat spaghetti noodles instead. added the red pepper flakes. DELICIOUS!!!
I didnt have any parmesean cheese so instead added 2 of the new weight wathers garlic and herb cheese wedges to the hot pasta it was delicious well worth the extra 2 points
I halved the recipe and added a chicken sausage that I had left over from another recipe. I really like the texture of the broccoli. Thanks, Gina!
Love all vegetables roasted! Never thought about smashing garlic and roasting with. Can not wait to try this!
Wow is all I have to say, so delicious and easy, my new favorite!
So simple and so delicious. I don't think I'll ever boil broccoli again…it's just so good roasted!
The broccoli came out so good! I had my dinner guests eating all the broccoli and leaving the pasta! Ha ha! I will definitely be making this again 🙂
One word: Delicious!
Reserved pasta water is my solution for replacing all the olive oil!
pasta broccoli is one of our favorite meals. the only problem is that when my grandmother makes it, she uses tons of oil. i made this tonight and it was absolutely delicious! my daughter loved it. i am so happy to be able to eat pasta broccoli again!:) thank you so much!!!
Made this tonite- it turned out really, really. I added some roasted red pepper (for color) halfway through the roasting and it was WONDERUL! Thanks, Gina!
I make a similar dish but add a generous amount of red pepper flakes to give it more flavor.