Pasta with broccoli and blue cheese

Classic pairing to bring fantastic flavour with little time and effort.

Good

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Sauté shallots and florets in olive oil heated in a large, lidded, sauce pan, over a medium high heat until the shallot starts to soften and brown along with the broccoli. Add garlic and chilli flakes, cook for a few minutes before seasoning and adding 100ml water. Leave to steam until broccoli is just tender.

Step 2

Cook pasta in plenty of boiling, salted water (as salty as the sea, almost seeming over-salted). When it is just al dente, reserve a couple ladlefulls of water and drain.

Step 3

Add pasta to sauté pan and stir in blue cheese with a splash of the reserved water. Shake pan until cheese melts, over stirring will break up the broccoli. Add more reserved liquid until you have a creamy sauce clinging to the pasta.

Step 4

Serve sprinkled with lemon zest and extra chilli flakes, I would hit it with more black pepper too.