Vegetable Penne With Broccoli Sauce
By: Anncoo
Published: Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 6:07pm

Ingredients




1 Large Broccoli (about 250-300g)
250 grams Vegetable Penne
1/2 tablespoon Garlic - chopped
250 ml Chicken stock
2 tablespoons Butter
Salt and pepper to taste
200 grams Prawns - shelled
60 grams Bacon - cut to strips
2 tablespoons Cajun seasoning
Parmesan cheese

Preparation

1 Cut the broccoli into small pieces . Bring large pot of water to a boil with 1/2 tsp of salt and oil, add broccoli into it and cook for about 5 mins or place broccoli in a steamer and steam for 15 mins. Reserve some florets for garnishing. 2 Place cooked broccoli and garlic in a food processor or blender. Add butter, chicken stock and puree everything until smooth. 3 Pour broccoli sauce into a pot and heat up (If sauce is too thick, dilute with a little more of chicken stock). Add salt and pepper to taste and set aside for later use. 4 Cook the vegetable penne according to package directions and place into serving plates. 5 Season the prawns with Cajun spices. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and fry the prawns for about 2 minutes on each sides, dish up. Put the bacon strips in the same pan and sprinkle Cajun spices on it and fry till bacon just cooked. 6 Warm up the broccoli sauce and pour over vegetable penne and stir to combine. 7 Place prawns and bacon on top of pasta. Garnish with reserved broccoli florets and parmesan cheese.