Zingy Farfalle Pasta

Serves: 4
Cooks in: 15 minutes
Difficulty: 3/10
Can be gluten free

One of the best vegan pasta dishes I have ever eaten!

Ingredients

2 Shallots, sliced fine
4 Cloves Garlic, sliced fine
1 Red Chilli, chopped small
1 Punnet Tender-stem Broccoli, trimmed and cut small
2 big Handfuls Kale, stem removed & torn into chunks 
1 Bulb Fennel, sliced fine
1/2 cup/120ml White Wine

Dressing

Zest of 1 Lemon
2 tbs Capers
Handful Parsley
Handful Basil
Handful Pine Nuts
4 tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tsp Sea Salt
2 tsp Black Pepper

Pasta

300g Farfalle Pasta
1 cup Pasta Water, reserved for sauce (see video below)

Get your pasta cooking to the packet instructions.

Meanwhile pre heat a large non stick pan over a medium heat & add a touch of oil.

Add the onion, chilli & garlic and sauté for a couple minutes.

Add the kale, tender-stem & fennel.

Meanwhile to a blender and the dressing ingredients and blitz the mixture until it’s pureed. Add the dressing to the pan & sauté for a couple minutes before deglazing the pan with the white wine & some a ladle of the pasta cooking water. Turn the heat down low & let the sauce cook away for a couple of minutes.

Once your pasta is cooked, drain away the water and add it to the sauce, toss & stir the pasta until it’s coated in all the lovely flavours.

Serve your pasta right away with an extra bit of lemon juice and zest.

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