Express pasta with broccoli in cream cheese sauce

Name: Express pasta with broccoli in cream cheese sauce
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2-3 Carrots; 750 g Broccoli; 1 Onion; 1 TABLESPOON Oil; 300 g Pasta (e.g. orecchiette); 2 TABLESPOONS Vegetable broth (instant); 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper; 100 g sliced boiled ham; 150 g fat-reduced cream cheese preparation with herbs (e.g. "Bresso"); 1 TEASPOON Cornstarch

AUTHOR
Bill Macdonald

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

A saucepan will do: Noodles and vegetables cooked together in a low-fat sauce. No vitamins and nutrients are lost

COOK TIME
30 mins

TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

2-3 Carrots
750 g Broccoli
1 Onion
1 TABLESPOON Oil
300 g Pasta (e.g. orecchiette)
2 TABLESPOONS Vegetable broth (instant)
7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
100 g sliced boiled ham
150 g fat-reduced cream cheese preparation with herbs (e.g. "Bresso")
1 TEASPOON Cornstarch

Directions

1
Peel and wash the carrots, cut them in half lengthwise and slice them. Clean and wash broccoli and cut into florets. Peel broccoli stalk and cut into slices. Peel and chop onion.
2
Heat the oil in a pot and briefly sauté the carrots and onion. Add pasta and 1 l hot water. Bring to the boil, stir in broth. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer everything for about 12 minutes. After about 5 minutes add broccoli.
3
Cut the ham into strips. Wash the chives, shake dry and cut into small rolls. Stir cream cheese into the noodles, bring to the boil. Stir starch and 1 tbsp. cold water until smooth, stir into the sauce and simmer for about 1 minute. Add ham and chives to the noodles. Season to taste. Serve everything.