Pasta with Broccoli and Truffle Cream Sauce
A delicious and easy truffle pasta recipe that everyone will love.
Servings: 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 lb pasta penne
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese grated plus more for serving
- 1 head of broccoli
- 4 ounces pancetta diced
- 3 cloves garlic diced
- 3 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.
- Drizzle the broccoli with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Sprinkle ¼ teaspoon of kosher salt over the broccoli.
- 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 , add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
- Add your pancetta and red pepper flakes to the olive oil and cook until the pancetta starts to crisp, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Add the garlic to the sauté pan and cook for one minute.
- Now add the heavy cream and mix well.
- Add the Parmesan, truffle oil and ¼ teaspoon of salt and mix well.
- 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.
- 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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