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Warm Chorizo Pasta Bake with Tenderstem Broccoli
A comforting pasta bake starring spicy cooking chorizo, simmering in a creamy tomato sauce. Add brown rice penne pasta and generously sprinkle with cheese, then grill until golden and bubbling. Serve alongside nutty tenderstem broccoli, for your greens. Buon appetito!
5 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 240g Tenderstem broccoli
- 20g italian hard cheese (Eggs, Milk) (cow's milk, salt, microbial rennet, preservative (lysozyme protein from egg).)
- 80g baby spinach
- 25g honey
- 10g chicken stock powder (Chicory Extract, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Onion Powder, Chicken Stock Powder, Rapeseed Oil.)
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 4 tsp smoked paprika & oregano blend (smoked paprika, oregano)
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 5 garlic clove
- 2 onion
- 200g hot cooking chorizo (pork, smoked paprika, salt, spices)
- 250g brown rice penne pasta (Soya) (Brown rice flour 100%)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 556
Protein: 20g
Carbs: 67g
Fat: 23g
Warm Chorizo Pasta Bake with Tenderstem Broccoli
A comforting pasta bake starring spicy cooking chorizo, simmering in a creamy tomato sauce. Add brown rice penne pasta and generously sprinkle with cheese, then grill until golden and bubbling. Serve alongside nutty tenderstem broccoli, for your greens. Buon appetito!
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a large frying pan, a large ovenproof dish, a sieve, a measuring jug & a grater
Time to prep
- Slice the chorizo into 1cm chunks. Finely dice the onions. Finely chop or crush the garlic. Roughly chop the parsley
- Meanwhile, add the penne to the saucepan and boil for 7-8 mins, until cooked, then drain
Build the flavour
- Heat the large frying pan on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chorizo and cook for 4-5 mins, until golden
- Add the onion and cook for 4-5 mins, until softened. Season with salt and pepper
- Add the garlic and paprika oregano blend. Cook for a further 1 min, then stir in the passata, chicken stock, half the honey and 100ml water. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 3-4 mins, until thickened
Grill the pasta bake
- Turn the grill to high (240C)
- Rinse the spinach, then stir into the sauce, along with the cooked pasta, until wilted. Remove from the heat, stir in half the parsley and season to taste
- Transfer the pasta to the large ovenproof dish. Finely grate the cheese over the top and drizzle with the remaining honey
- Grill for 5-6 mins, until golden and bubbling
Cook the broccoli
- Meanwhile, trim the broccoli
- Refill the saucepan with salted water, then bring to a boil. Add the broccoli and boil for 3-4 mins, then drain and season to taste
Plate up
- Serve the chorizo pasta bake into bowls, with the broccoli alongside. Sprinkle over the remaining parsley
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