Pasta with broccoli, anchovies and chillies

Ingredients

• 1 head broccoli
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• Salt, black pepper
• 40 g (1½ oz) can anchovies
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 large red chilli
• ½ lemon
• 50 g (2 oz) breadcrumbs
• 50 g (2 oz) piece Parmesan

Method

Cook the pasta, steaming broccoli over it until just tender. Drain, then toss pasta and broccoli with 1 tbsp of the oil and the seasoning. Keep warm.

Drain and finely chop the anchovies, chop garlic and chilli and stir-fry all in 1 tbsp oil for 1–2 minutes. 

Remove with a slotted spoon and stir into the pasta with the broccoli and lemon juice and zest.

Stir breadcrumbs in the remaining oil in a pan over high heat until golden. Sprinkle over pasta with shaved cheese.

Recipe taken from The Garden To Kitchen Expert by Judith Wills and Dr DG Hessayon, priced £9.99. 

Try one of our other pasta recipes, including ziti pasta with broccoli and toasted pine nuts, spaghetti with egg and broccoli and spaghetti piemontesi.