This simple pasta dish is a great way to eat purple sprouting broccoli and is full of fresh zingy flavours of chilli and lemon to pick you up midweek.
Poor man's Parmesan, or pangrattato, is breadcrumbs fried with garlic and chilli. It's traditionally used to sprinkle over pasta. You could also use it on salads, fish or chicken.
Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 2 people
Ingredients:
200g linguine (or use spaghetti)
4 tbsp olive oil, plus some for drizzling
1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
4 tbsp coarse breadcrumbs
finely grated zest of ½ lemon
½-1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
200g purple sprouting broccoli, cut into even-sized pieces if large
3 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
salt and pepper
Method
Cook the pasta in salted boiling water according to the packet.
Meanwhile, gently heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a pan, add the garlic and breadcrumbs and stir until crispy. Stir in the lemon zest and chilli.
Steam or boil the broccoli for 4 minutes until tender.
Drain the pasta and stir in a good drizzle of olive oil and the parsley. Toss with the broccoli and breadcrumbs. Season to taste.
