Linguine with broccoli

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For those who love broccoli, this is one of the fastest pasta preparation .... and one of the tastiest! Enjoy this easy Italian recipe .... Apetitto good!

Ingredients:

1 large bunch broccoli (about 1 to 1 January / 2 lbs)
Salt
6 tablespoons olive oil
4 oz Pancetta or very lean pork, cut into cubes
1 1 / 2 cups thinly sliced green onions
Freshly ground black pepper
1 pound linguine
1 / 2 cup grated Parmesan cheeseCheese

Preparation:

1 - Remove the broccoli florets, leaving about 1 / 2 inch stems. Break or cut florets into pieces about 1 inch. Wash, soak in cold water, drain and set aside. Remove and discard the large leaves from coarse stems and cut part 1 / 2 inch below the stem. Wash and peel the stalks with a vegetable peeler.

2-6 quarters Bring water to a boil with 1 tablespoon of salt. Add broccoli stems and cook until barely tender, about 5 minutes. AddFlorets and continue cooking for about 3 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer broccoli to a colander, rinse under cold water, drain and set aside. Reserve liquid for cooking pasta.

3 - In a pan, heat 6 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add the pancetta or bacon and cook, stirring constantly until slightly crisp, about 2 minutes. Add the shallot and cook, stirring constantly, until barely tender, about 1 minute. Add the broccoli, turn heat to lowand let stand for about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.

4 - Back in the water, the broccoli was cooked to a boil. Cook the pasta and cook al dente. Before removing drain the pasta, about 1 / 2 cup of cooking water and set aside. Drain the pasta, drain in a colander in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and transfer to launch quickly. Add half the vegetable mixture to pasta and Parmesan and mix well. Add about 6 tablespoons of cooking water and stir quickly to resolve. Spoonthe remaining vegetable mixture and serve with additional Parmesan above.

Serves 4-6

Eating!

Why Broccoli Salad is a Great Choice

Broccoli is a versatile vegetable. It is ideal in stir fries and you can also steam it, boil it, grill it, or roast it. Have you ever made a broccoli salad? Broccoli is just as tasty raw as it is cooked.

Perhaps you have tasted the popular Ruby Tuesday broccoli salad, in which broccoli is combined with cheese, bacon, mayonnaise and other flavorful ingredients. This is a healthy yet delicious dish and it is one of the best loved Ruby Tuesday recipes.

Health Benefits of Broccoli

Serve a broccoli salad as a side dish with any meat or fish or even as part of a buffet if you are having a party. You will love the flavor of it and also the nutritional value. Broccoli is a very healthy vegetable, as you probably already know, and is high in vitamin C, to aid the body's iron absorption, help with the symptoms of a cold, and prevent cataracts from developing.

Broccoli also contains folic acid, which is important for pregnant women, calcium to prevent osteoporosis and potassium to keep blood pressure at normal levels. It is also high in fiber.

Famous Broccoli Salad Recipes

There are copycat recipes available for pretty much any meal you can think of, so whether you are partial to KFC, fond of famous French onion soup or craving another famous dish, the odds are that you can find it online. You might like to do an internet search for broccoli salad or a recipe search by ingredient to find the perfect salad recipe.

Bear in mind though that not all copycat recipes are equal and some will not give you a good result at all so compare copycat recipes and read reviews of the dish, if they are available, to give you a better idea. Making copycat recipes can be a bit hit and miss sometimes but when do you find a great one, either print it out or bookmark it so you can find it again.

Also, you do not have to stick rigidly to a recipe that you find online if you want to tweak it a little. You can spice a recipe up, substitute one ingredient for another or tweak it to make it unique. Use existing recipes as a basis to develop your own recipes.

Some recipes are perfect just as they are though. It is difficult to improve on the famous Ruby Tuesday broccoli salad, for example!

Other Ways to Make a Broccoli Salad

You can combine broccoli with other vegetables such as zucchini, carrot, and cauliflower to make a raw vegetable salad. Add some mayonnaise and either mustard, ketchup or curry powder to give the salad a delicious flavor. The texture of the raw vegetables might seem unusual to you if you are used to eating cooked vegetables but raw broccoli or gently steamed broccoli is really good. Try it and see!

You might like to make a broccoli and macaroni salad or a broccoli and rice salad. Broccoli is delicious, nutritious, and versatile, making it a great choice for salad recipes as well as lots of other dishes.