Pasta with Broccoli, Walnuts and Bacon

Name: Pasta with Broccoli, Walnuts and Bacon
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: salt; freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve; black pepper; 2 large cloves garlic; 675 g/1½ lb calabrese broccoli; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 225 g/8 oz rindless smoked streaky bacon; 75 g/3 oz walnuts, roughly chopped; 350 g/12 oz pasta shapes

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

It is important to have a well-heated serving dish ready as pasta cools quickly.

Ingredients

675 g/1½ lb calabrese broccoli
2 large cloves garlic

Europe
Italy
Main course
Pasta
Mediterranean

Method

Break the broccoli up into small florets. Discard any thick stalks likely to be tough and slice up the remaining stalks into small pieces. Steam or boil the broccoli for 3-6 minutes, until just tender and bright green. Rinse with cold water and leave on one side.

Peel the garlic and chop finely. Slice the bacon rashers crossways into small pieces. Bring a large pan of salted water to th