Serves: 4 | Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
– 1 small head of broccoli
– 1 bunch of basil
– 100ml vegetable stock
– 100g crème fraîche
– 2 cloves of garlic, sliced
– 1 onion, finely diced
– 125g frozen peas
– 350g pasta
– 1 tsp chilli flakes
– ½ lemon, juiced
– Salt and pepper, to taste

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Recipe:

1. Add 2 tbsps of olive oil to a frying pan and heat. Cook the onion and garlic for 10 mins until softened.
2. Meanwhile, chop the broccoli, including the stalk and boil for 5 mins in salted water. Remove the broccoli from the pan and put it in a blender/food processor.
3. Keep the water for the pasta. Cook the pasta to packet instructions. Meanwhile, add the peas to the frying pan with the onions.
4. Add the stock, basil, crème fraîche, lemon, chilli and salt and pepper to the blender, blitz to a thick sauce.
5. finally mix the sauce through the drained pasta and add the onion, garlic and pea mixture. Serve and enjoy!

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