Name: Pasta with Broccoli
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cambodian
Ingredients: ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil, more or less; 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, more or less, peeled, any green shoots removed, sliced; 1 ounce of pine nuts, optional; 2 ounces or ¼ cup of raisins, optional; 3 anchovy filets, more or less, rinsed and boned if salted; The flowerets from two medium heads of broccoli; Hot pepper flakes to taste, optional; Grating cheese of your choice, optional; Butter, optional; Salt; 12 ounces to 1 pound of the pasta of your choice

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Charleston to Phnom Penh

By John Martin Taylor

Published 2022

About

Ingredients

The flowerets from two medium heads of broccoli
Salt
12 ounces to 1 pound of the

Method

Add the broccoli to a large pot of heavily salted boiling water and cook it for a few minutes. You want it to be still bright green, but not quite done. If you are afraid you have overcooked it, put it in ice water to stop the cooking. Remove it from the water and set aside, return the water to a boil, and add the pasta.

You can make the sauce in a large pan big enough to hold the finis