Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta. Add the broccoli rape and fava beans into the pan and stir until well incorporated. When your pasta will be cooked (al dente!) with the slotted spoon add your pasta to the pan with broccoli and fava bean mixture. Mix well, add half cup pasta water and keep mixing on a high heat for about a minute.
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You can have Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta
- Prepare 1 Cup of frozen shelled fava beans.
- You need 3 Cups of cleaned Broccoli rape.
- It's 4 of crushed garlic cloves.
- It's 3 of anchovie fillets in oil.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of olive oil.
- You need 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese.
- Prepare 1 lb of fusilli pasta (1 box).
- It's 2 Tbls of salt.
In this healthy Italian vegetable side recipe, garlic, olives and olive oil tone down broccoli rabe's bitterness a bit. Serve with your favorite Italian pasta, chicken or steak. You're probably heard of fava beans before — whether you're a movie fan, health nut or just familiar with these types of beans — but have you ever eaten them? Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil.
Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta step by step
- In a large pot bring water to a boil. In the meanwhile trim the broccoli rape by snapping stems off, leaving florets and about an inch of a stem with a leave..
- Blanch the broccoli(no more than 1 min) in the boiling water and set aside. Keep the same water for cooking your pasta. In a large pan heat the oil and add anchovies and garlic, simmer until anchovies melt..
- Add the broccoli rape and fava beans into the pan and stir until well incorporated. When your pasta will be cooked (al dente!) with the slotted spoon add your pasta to the pan with broccoli and fava bean mixture.
- Mix well, add half cup pasta water and keep mixing on a high heat for about a minute. Shut off the heat and add Parmesan cheese and extra olive oil. Mix well and serve..
Italians serve broccoli rape on pasta, with or without sausage, or as a topping for pizza. Bring six quarts salted water to boil for the pasta. Remove the thick stems from the broccoli rape and coarsely chop the leaves and sprouts. Add the broccoli rape and toss in the oil. Add a generous amount of salt, and a few shakes of crushed red pepper.