Caramelised Onion & Anchovy Spaghetti Recipe

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HealthyLow in saturated fat2 of your 5 a day

Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare15 mins
Cook30 mins
Total time45 mins

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Ingredients

50g can anchovy fillets in olive oil, oil reserved
3 tbsp Essential Olive Oil
3 Essential Onions, thinly sliced
½ tsp chilli flakes, plus more to serve, if liked
1 bay leaf
3 clove/s garlic, sliced
2 Essential Tomatoes, de-seeded and finely chopped
150ml Essential British Free Range Whole Milk
1 head Essential Broccoli
360g Essential Spaghetti
25g pack flat leaf parsley, chopped (use any softer stems too)

Method

Put the anchovy oil and olive oil into a largefrying pan. Add the onions, chilli flakes, bayleaf, garlic and tomatoes, then cook slowly for20-25 minutes, until soft and turning golden.Stir in the anchovies, breaking them up witha wooden spoon, and cook for a couple ofminutes. Add the milk and allow to bubblegently for about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, break the broccoli into smallflorets, then peel and chop the stalk. Cookthe spaghetti in a large pan according to packinstructions, adding the broccoli for the final5 minutes. Drain, reserving a mugful of water.
Tip the pasta and broccoli into the sauce,adding some pasta water so the sauce coatseach strand. Stir in most of the parsley. Plateup the pasta, then top with the reservedparsley and some extra chilli flakes, if liked.

Cook’s tip

Bay leaves are worthy of any shopping list, and will bring a subtle but ‘something more’ to your cooking. Add to robust ragùs, stews and stocks (tie with the leftover parsley stalks, plus thyme if you have some, for a basic bouquet garni), or simmer with the milk for fish pie. Freeze in a lidded container for up to 3 months.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy	2,193kJ/ 521kcals
Fat	14g
Saturated Fat	2.5g
Carbohydrates	75g
Sugars	12g
Fibre	9.3g
Protein	19g
Salt	2g

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