Broccoli pesto pasta


Broccoli pesto pasta

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Ingredients

  • 2 heads broccoli
  • 10 garlic cloves
  • 30g pine nuts
  • 20g basil
  • 400g tofu
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tsp white miso
  • 3 tbsp nooch
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 200g spaghetti
  • 2 lemons

Steps

  1. Blend the basil and pine nuts with a pinch of salt until just pulverised.
  2. Grate the broccoli, stem and florets. Grate the garlic.
  3. Heat olive oil in a large pan. Once hot add the garlic and broccoli.
  4. Add a pinch of salt and cook until starting to char.
  5. Meanwhile add the tofu, lemon juice, olive oil, miso, nooch, garlic powder and 1 tbsp of water to a blender.
  6. Blend until smooth and season to taste with salt and pepper. Loosen with water if necessary.
  7. Add the basil and pine nuts to the pan and cook for another 2-3 mins.
  8. Meanwhile, cook pasta as per package instructions. Reserve a cup of pasta water.
  9. Stir the pasta through the broccoli pesto. Add a splash of pasta water and drizzle with olive oil.
  10. To serve, spoon a generous amount of the whipped tofu onto the bottom of a plate.
  11. Then layer over the pasta and finish with lemon zest, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.