Are you looking for a simple yet flavorful pasta dish that's perfect for a quick weeknight meal? Look no further than this broccoli and anchovy sauce for pasta. This easy-to-make sauce is packed with umami flavor from the anchovies and Parmesan cheese, and the broccoli adds a pop of color and nutrition. Best of all, it comes together in just 20 minutes!
In addition to the classic broccoli and anchovy sauce, this article also includes recipes for three variations on the dish:
* **Broccoli and anchovy sauce with sun-dried tomatoes:** This variation adds a touch of sweetness and acidity from the sun-dried tomatoes.
* **Broccoli and anchovy sauce with roasted red peppers:** The roasted red peppers add a smoky flavor to the sauce.
* **Broccoli and anchovy sauce with artichoke hearts:** The artichoke hearts add a briny, salty flavor to the sauce.
No matter which variation you choose, you're sure to enjoy this delicious and versatile pasta dish.
FARFALLE WITH BROCCOLI
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 35m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook, stirring occasionally. After 5 minutes, add the broccoli florets to the pasta and stir and cook for another 4 minutes. Drain pasta and broccoli, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add the garlic, anchovies, and red pepper flakes and cook for 5 minutes. Add the broccoli, pasta, salt and pepper and toss. Add some of the reserved pasta water, if necessary, to make a light sauce. Transfer to a serving platter and sprinkle with Parmesan.
MELTED BROCCOLI PASTA WITH CAPERS AND ANCHOVIES
In this pasta recipe, broccoli is cooked down and transformed into an extra-chunky, extra savory sauce. It's topped with toasted bread crumbs.
Provided by Sheela Prakash
Categories Dinner Lunch Pasta Broccoli Capers Anchovy Breadcrumbs Garlic Pescatarian Dairy Free Quick & Easy Healthy Soy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the broccoli florets and cook until bright green and crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the broccoli to a large bowl.
- Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook for 1 minute less than the package instructions for al dente, about 9 minutes.
- Meanwhile, toast the bread crumbs. Heat 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of olive oil in a large, high-sided sauté pan or skillet over medium heat. Add the breadcrumbs and sauté until the crumbs are golden brown and crisp, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.
- Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons (30 ml) of olive oil into the pan. Add the anchovies and sauté until they disintegrate, about 1 minute. Add the capers, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute, and remove from the heat.
- When the pasta is ready, reserve 1½ cups (360 ml) of pasta water with a measuring cup, then drain the pasta. Add the broccoli and reserved pasta water to the pan and bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer, using a wooden spoon to break the florets into small pieces as they become more tender, until the water is reduced by about half and you've been able to break apart enough florets that you're left with a very chunky mixture, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add the pasta to the pan. Cook, tossing and stirring, until the pasta is al dente and the sauce thickens and coats the pasta, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, add half the toasted bread crumbs, and toss again to combine. Serve garnished with the remaining toasted bread crumbs.
BROCCOLI AND ANCHOVY SAUCE FOR PASTA
Make and share this Broccoli and Anchovy Sauce for Pasta recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Sauces
Time 17m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cook broccoli until tender in boiling, salted water.
- Drain.
- Put back in pan.
- Toss in cream until heated through.
- Season.
- Fry breadcrumbs in butter until golden.
- Add anchovies and cook until heated through.
- Top pasta with the broccoli sauce.
- Sprinkle breadcrumbs and anchovies over.
SPICY PASTA WITH BROCCOLI, ANCHOVY, AND GARLIC
An Italian classic. Sweet, salty, and spicy flavors combine in this unique and tasty pasta and broccoli dish. This dish benefits from being richly coated in olive oil. Serve with a fresh, absorbent slice of focaccia to mop up the sauce.
Provided by Stephen Van Houten
Time 35m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Set an oven rack about 8 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Toss broccoli in a bowl with 1 tablespoon olive oil and salt; spread on a large baking sheet.
- Broil in the preheated oven until broccoli is tender and beginning to brown, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over low heat. Add anchovies, garlic, and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until anchovies dissolve into the oil, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with pepper. Mix in roasted broccoli.
- Drain pasta and return to the pot. Add broccoli-anchovy mixture and mix well. Drizzle remaining olive oil on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 666.9 calories, Carbohydrate 93.7 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 24.7 g, Fiber 8.1 g, Protein 23 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 652.1 mg, Sugar 6.4 g
FUSILLI WITH BROCCOLI AND ANCHOVIES
This is Italian country cooking at its best, a simple dish that requires few ingredients and very little time. Use the same pot of water that you use to cook the broccoli for the pasta. Then finish the broccoli and anchovy mixture in a pan while the pasta is cooking, and toss the pasta with the sauce right in the pan.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories quick, weekday, pastas, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Cut broccoli crowns from stems, leaving about 1 inch of stem at the base of each crown; set aside thick stems for another purpose.
- Salt boiling water generously and add broccoli. Boil 5 to 6 minutes, until tender enough to break apart with a fork.
- Using a skimmer, tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer broccoli crowns to a bowl of cold water (do not drain water from pot). Drain broccoli, then blot on paper towels. Chop fine.
- Bring water in pot back to a boil and add fusilli.
- While fusilli is cooking, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat in a wide, heavy skillet and add garlic, anchovies and red pepper flakes, if using. Cook, stirring and mashing anchovies with the back of a wooden spoon, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in chopped broccoli.
- Add a ladle or two (about 1/2 cup) of the pasta water to the broccoli, season to taste with salt and pepper and stir over medium heat for 5 minutes. Broccoli should be very soft. Remove another ladle of pasta water and set aside.
- Drain pasta and toss at once with broccoli and remaining olive oil. Add water you set aside if you think it needs more moisture. Serve at once, sprinkled with cheese.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 395, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 66 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 6 grams, Protein 15 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 510 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams
PASTA SHELLS WITH BROCCOLI & ANCHOVIES
A quick, tasty pasta dish that is low fat and a good source of vitamin C and folic acid too
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Buffet, Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Snack, Supper
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cook the broccoli in a pan of boiling water for 3 mins, then drain, reserving the cooking water. Cook the pasta in the same water as the broccoli according to pack instructions.
- Heat the oil in a pan, then fry garlic until lightly golden. Remove garlic, then set aside. Add anchovies, chilli and half a cup of pasta cooking water to the pan. Cook for 2 mins, until the liquid has reduced by half and the anchovies have broken down. Stir in the broccoli and a squeeze of lemon juice, then cook for 1 min, until the broccoli has warmed through. Drain the pasta then toss everything together. Serve scattered with parmesan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 426 calories, Fat 6 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 78 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 19 grams protein, Sodium 0.92 milligram of sodium
BROCCOLI WITH ANCHOVIES AND GARLIC
Admit it. Broccoli, that ubiquitous vegetable side dish, gets old. This take, which Pierre Franey brought to The Times in 1987 as part of his 60-Minute Gourmet column, will not. It is not much different - and no more difficult - than your standard broccoli sauté except for the addition of anchovies. If that word normally frightens you, fear not. Here, they are barely detectable as such, but provide a complex salinity that salt alone cannot. You'll never eat boring broccoli again.
Provided by Pierre Franey
Categories side dish
Time 10m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Cut off the broccoli tops into individual florets. Cut the stems crosswise into 2-inch lengths. Trim off the outside of the stems and cut the trimmed pieces diagonally into 1/4-inch slices. There should be about 6 cups in all.
- Bring enough water to a boil to cover the broccoli when it is added. Add salt and the broccoli pieces and cook 3 minutes. Drain.
- Heat the oil in a skillet and add the broccoli pieces. Cook, stirring, over relatively high heat, and add the garlic, pepper flakes and anchovy paste. Cook, tossing and stirring the ingredients together, about 1 minute. Serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 144, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 10 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 381 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams
PASTA WITH BROCCOLI AND ANCHOVIES
Okay, so once I discovered the joy of anchovies as part of a sauce, I was hooked! This is from wineloverspage.com. Description included the following memorable quote: "Note well that you'll find no evidence of hairy little fish in the finished dish, and only the most haunting scent of the sea in a rich, salty flavor."
Provided by lecole54
Categories Penne
Time 30m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Rinse the broccoli and cut it into bite-size florets. If you're feeling thrifty, you can peel and slice the "trunk" into bite-size pieces, too, although using florets only makes for an attractive presentation.
- Peel the garlic and mince it fine. Chop the anchovies fine, discarding any excess oil.
- Heat the olive oil in a small saute pan or skillet over medium-low heat and gently cook the minced garlic with a small shake of dried red-pepper flakes (just enough for an accent; you don't want a fiery dish) until the garlic turns translucent and aromatic. Stir in the chopped anchovies and continue poaching gently for a few minutes, stirring until the anchovies dissolve into the oil. Set aside and keep warm.
- Meanwhile, heat a large pot full of lightly salted water and cook the broccoli and pasta together until the pasta is done; at that point the broccoli will be very soft.
- Drain the broccoli and pasta, catching a bit of the pasta water in a measuring cup. Put the broccoli and pasta in a warm serving bowl and toss with the anchovy and garlic oil and, if necessary, a bit of the pasta water to achieve a thick saucy texture. Serve with crusty bread and a salad as a hearty side dish or main course.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 537.8, Fat 26.4, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 72.2, Sodium 1135.6, Carbohydrate 56.3, Fiber 7.8, Sugar 5, Protein 22.8
PASTA WITH 15-MINUTE GARLIC, OIL, AND ANCHOVY SAUCE
This version of aglio e olio (garlic and oil) sauce includes anchovies, red pepper flakes, and freshly toasted breadcrumbs, which add great flavor and a little crunch.
Provided by Mindy Fox
Categories Pasta Kid-Friendly Quick & Easy Parmesan Anchovy Small Plates
Yield 4-6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cook spaghettini in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente; drain, reserving 3 Tbsp. pasta cooking liquid.
- Meanwhile, cook anchovies, garlic, red pepper flakes, 1 cup oil, and a pinch of salt in a large skillet over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until anchovies dissolve and garlic is tender, 6-7 minutes (do not brown). Stir in parsley, then remove from heat.
- While anchovy sauce is cooking, heat remaining 3 Tbsp. oil in a small skillet over medium. Add panko and cook, stirring often, until golden, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, then transfer to paper towels to cool.
- Return pasta to pot. Stir in reserved pasta cooking liquid, then anchovy sauce and half of the panko mixture. Cook over medium, stirring constantly, until heated through, 1-2 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Serve topped with Parmesan and remaining panko mixture.
Tips:
- Choose fresh, tender broccoli for the best flavor and texture.
- If you don't have anchovies on hand, you can substitute 1 tablespoon of fish sauce or 1/2 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.
- To make the sauce extra creamy, add 1/2 cup of heavy cream or milk.
- For a heartier sauce, add 1/2 cup of cooked, crumbled sausage or bacon.
- Serve the sauce over your favorite pasta, such as spaghetti, linguine, or fettuccine.
- Garnish the dish with grated Parmesan cheese, chopped parsley, or crushed red pepper flakes.
- To store the sauce, transfer it to an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Conclusion:
Broccoli and anchovy sauce is a quick and easy pasta dish that is packed with flavor. The salty, savory anchovies complement the sweetness of the broccoli, and the creamy sauce brings it all together. This dish is perfect for a weeknight meal or a casual lunch. With its simple ingredients and delicious flavor, it's sure to become a favorite in your home.
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