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Christmas Pasta Recipe
This colorful Christmas pasta is perfect for the holidays! It's tender pasta tossed in a homemade romesco sauce, and served with broccoli, mini bocconcini, basil, and almonds. It's an easy recipe that takes only 30 minutes to make!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 471 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Dinner
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- 10 ounces pasta see notes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 head broccoli cut into florets
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 200 ml container mini bocconcini
- Basil and chopped almonds to serve
Romesco Sauce
- 1 cup whole almonds
- 7 ounces roasted red peppers
- 7 ounces fire-roasted tomatoes drained
- ¼ cup sun dried tomatoes packed in oil
- 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Start by making the romesco sauce. Put all the ingredients EXCEPT for the olive oil into your blender and blend until smooth. Then drizzle in the olive oil with the blender running.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to the package directions. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta water then drain and return the pasta to the pot.
- While the pasta is cooking, make the broccoli. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the broccoli and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for one minute more.
- Pour the romesco sauce over the cooked pasta and toss well. Use the reserved pasta water to loosen the sauce - you'll likely use most of it. Mix the broccoli and bocconcini (see notes) into the pasta and serve topped with basil and a few chopped almonds.
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Notes
- In the pictures, we used garganelli pasta, but any short, tube-shaped pasta will work.
- Once the broccoli and mini bocconcini get mixed into the sauce, the pasta loses its Christmas-themed colors. We like to set aside some of the broccoli and bocconcini so we add it either to the top of the pasta in a serving dish or once it's been plated.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1 = ⅙ of the recipe
Calories
471kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
52g
(17%)
Protein
17g
(34%)
Fat
24g
(37%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
13g
Trans Fat
0.003g
Cholesterol
5mg
(2%)
Sodium
758mg
(32%)
Potassium
737mg
(21%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
1189IU
(24%)
Vitamin C
113mg
(126%)
Calcium
202mg
(20%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 471
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 = ⅙ of the recipe | |
| Calories | 471kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 52g | 17% |
| Protein | 17g | 34% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Trans Fat | 0.003g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 5mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 758mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 737mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 1189IU | 24% |
| Vitamin C | 113mg | 126% |
| Calcium | 202mg | 20% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.