Pasta with Truffle Cream Sauce And Broccoli
Pasta with truffle cream sauce and broccoli has simple ingredients and it's easy to make. This creamy truffle pasta is the perfect weeknight dinner.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Pasta
- 1 lb pasta penne
- 1 head of broccoli coarse chopped
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Truffle Cream Sauce
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese grated plus more for serving
- 4 ounces pancetta diced
- 3 cloves garlic diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt plus more for the pasta water
- 1 teaspoon truffle oil or 2 tablespoons of truffle butter. If you are using fresh truffles just finely shave the truffles and serve them as a garnish on top of the pasta before serving.
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Pre-heat your oven to 425 degrees.
- Clean and cut your broccoli into florets and add to a large sheet pan.1 head of broccoli
- Drizzle the broccoli with olive oil.2 tablespoon olive oil
- Sprinkle kosher salt over the broccoli.¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- With your hands, mix the olive oil and salt into your broccoli so it is evenly coated.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until is starts to char on the edges and is cooked all the way through then turn off oven and leave broccoli there to stay warm.
- In a large sauté pan over medium heat , add olive oil.1 tablespoon olive oil
- Add your pancetta and red pepper flakes to the olive oil and cook until the pancetta starts to crisp, about 5 minutes.4 ounces pancetta, ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Add the garlic to the sauté pan and cook for one minute.3 cloves garlic
- Now add the heavy cream and mix well.1 ½ cups heavy cream
- Add the Parmesan, truffle oil and salt and mix well.¼ cup Parmesan cheese, 1 teaspoon truffle oil, ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- Cook the cream sauce for a few minutes on low heat.
- Once the cream sauce thickens a bit turn off the heat and place a lid on top.
- Now your pasta water should be boiling.
- Add a large handful of kosher salt to the pot and add your pasta.1 lb pasta
- Cook according to manufacturers instructions for al dente.
- Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of pasta water.
- Add the pasta to the cream sauce and gently toss together
- Remove your broccoli from the oven and add it to the pasta.
- Toss gently to combine it all together.
- If cream sauce looks too thick and 1 tablespoon of pasta water at a time until it is a creamy consistency.
- Serve immediately
Nutrition
Calories: 635kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 58g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 23g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 145mg | Sodium: 1552mg | Potassium: 999mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 2884IU | Vitamin C: 145mg | Calcium: 225mg | Iron: 3mg
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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