Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Broccoli-Pesto Pasta

One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured

Broccoli-Pesto Pasta

from www.eatingwell.com

It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 6 cooks on www.eatingwell.com rate it 3.8★.

hands-on20m
waitingnone
makes4
each$1.42
kcal667
levelbeginner
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.

this recipe typical

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 155 for brightness
  • #1 of 155 for noodle texture
  • #1 of 155 for saltiness
  • #1 of 155 for sauce cling

Adapts cleanly: egg-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

273 g3 cups fresh broccoli florets
75 g3/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves
6 g2 cloves garlic, smashed
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
237 g1 cup water-packed quartered artichoke hearts, patted dry and divided
75 g3/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, divided
29 g1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted and divided
4 g3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
108 g8 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil plus 1/4 cup, divided
227 g8 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti

Method: 3 steps, published by www.eatingwell.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“This recipe is ok. The pesto is OK. However it is deceptive as this took an hour and a half to make, not 20 minutes. This also creates a LOT of dishes. Like having to fill the dishwasher then still having a sink full of dishes a lot. I would not bother with th” — a cook, 2★
“Pesto is my favorite and this was a really nice variation. I didn’t use all the Parmesan that the recipe called for because I forgot, but I really can’t imagine it’s needed. It’s very simple as well.” — a cook, 5★
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