Cavatelli pasta with broccoli and mushrooms
Cavatelli is a short pasta shape with rolled edges. Here it is served simply with mushrooms, broccoli, Parmesan and butter. This is a spectacularly satisfying dish given how simple it is! Enjoy with white wine.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 250g cavatelli pasta
- 1 broccoli, cut into florets
- 110g butter
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 100g sliced mushrooms
- 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Method
Prep:25min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:45min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to the boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- Place broccoli in a microwave safe dish with about 3 tablespoons of water. Microwave for 3 minutes, or until tender.
- Melt butter in a medium frying pan over medium heat. Saute garlic and mushrooms until garlic becomes aromatic. Combine with pasta, broccoli and Parmesan cheese; transfer to a 2 litre baking dish.
- Cover and bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until heated throughout.
Parmesan cheese
Parmesan cheese is not truly vegetarian, as it contains animal rennet. To make this dish 100% vegetarian, omit the cheese or find a suitable vegetarian substitute made without animal rennet. In supermarkets look for the 'parmesan style hard cheeses' which are suitable for vegetarians.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (38)
Used different ingredients. I used fussili, as that's what is available in my local shop and it was still tasty and my boyfriend loved it too. - 01 Jul 2011
I liked it. Not too heavy and tastes really nice. - 01 Jul 2011
This is pretty bland; however, here is what I did to improve on it... Added: 1/2 diced yellow onion 1 diced red pepper and I used EVOO instead of the butter. On a second version I used the above ingredient changes and then used whole wheat pasta. Thinking about adding steamed sliced carrots next time. - 30 Nov 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)