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When we first started cooking entirely plant based, we were definitely new to some of the tricks and smart-to-have-around ingredients commonly found in those types of recipes. Three years later and that’s no longer the case at all – our pantry now always stocks nutritional yeast, chickpea flour, ground flax seeds, oat milk etc. – and plant based food has become our norm, with some deviations away from it once in a while. But a plant based creamy, cheesy pasta sauce, using those plant based pantry ingredients? That we didn’t think was within reach at all – or not until we started experimenting, at least.
We often blend white beans and oat milk for a cream-like addition to soups (such as here: Simple and Creamy Green Pea Soup and Broccoli & Potato Soup with Thyme Croutons), and that’s where the inspiration to create the recipe below came from in the first place. Add to that a desire to share yet another broccoli recipe this fall and the fact that broccoli-cheddar soup is a winner… and the idea of a creamy, cheesy vegan pasta with broccoli was born in our minds. The process is simple, the outcome 100% comforting. Y’all, give this one a go. It’s fantastic. And as Mike of course puts it: “you don’t even notice it’s healthy”.
Serves 4
Total Time: 40 min
Ingredients
Cream Sauce
460 g cooked white beans (6 dl)
2 dl oat milk
4 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 1/2 tbsp white wine vinegar
3 cloves garlic
1 tsp salt
A good grind of black pepper
A pinch of red pepper flakes
Pasta
400 g pasta
2 small heads of broccoli (500 g), cut into florets
2 cloves garlic, chopped
A pinch of red pepper flakes
Olive oil
1 dl reserved pasta water
1 dl pumpkin seeds, toasted (to serve, optional)
Instructions
- Start with the creamy sauce. Using either a stand blender or immersion blender, blend all of the sauce ingredients together until smooth. Set aside.
- Cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Set aside 1 dl of the pasta water, drain the rest and return the pasta to the pot.
- While the pasta is cooking, sauté the broccoli along with the garlic and red pepper flakes in a splash of olive oil over medium heat. Cook for 5-10 minutes until the broccoli is tender.
- Add the cooked broccoli along with the sauce and the reserved pasta water to the pot with the pasta and stir to combine.
- Top with toasted pumpkin seeds and serve immediately.
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