Pesto broccoli Pasta

• συνολικός χρόνος: 13 minutes

Υλικά

400g shell pasta (or any pasta with holes)

50g frozen peas

1 shallot

1 head of broccoli

4 cloves of garlic

6 bacon rashers

1 bunch of fresh basil

15g parmesan

1 lemon

Οδηγίες

Have a big pot of boiling water ready. Submerge the entire broccoli and let it boil for about 7-10 minutes, until very tender. Remove broccoli and chop as fine as you can. Cook the pasta in the same pot.

Meanwhile, cut the bacon into lardons and fry until crisp (or fry the rashers and then finely chop).

Remove the bacon from the pan and fry diced shallot in the leftover fat for a minute or so. Follow with the minced garlic for a minute.

Add the finely chopped broccoli to the pan and cook down for another few minutes. Add the drained pasta, frozen peas and bacon.

In a pestle and mortar, bash up the basil with some coarse sea salt and then add in grated parmesan, a squeeze lemon juice and olive oil to form a pesto. Stir this into the pasta.

Loosen the pasta with some pasta water, add another squeeze of lemon and serve with more parmesan on top!