Lightning spaghetti with broccoli pesto

AUTHOR
Valentine Lee
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3.5 11
A quick meal made from great ingredients - we definitely give the green light for this fast-paced pasta.
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Pistachios
  • 200 g Sweet peas
  • 1 kg Broccoli
  • 1 Organic Lemon
  • 500 g Spaghetti
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 glass (à 185 ml) Pesto

Directions

  1. 1

    Coarsely chop the pistachios and roast them in a pan. Clean and wash the sugar snap peas. Clean and wash the broccoli and cut into florets. Wash lemon hot, dry, finely grate peel. Squeeze the lemon.

  2. 2

    Cook the pasta in 4-5 l boiling salted water (1 teaspoon salt per litre) according to the instructions on the packet. Cook half broccoli in boiling salted water for about 5 minutes. Quench cold and puree finely. Mix with pesto, lemon peel and juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Cook the rest of the broccoli and sugar snap peas in the pasta water for about 4 minutes. Drain, mix with pesto, arrange and sprinkle with pistachios.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
790 kcal
CARBS
104 g
FATS
28 g
PROTEINS
26 g