Monday 10 August 2015

Pasta with Artichoke Sauce

This is such a surprisingly creamy dish for being vegan (if using vegan pasta) and not featuring the likes of avocado. I suspect it being thanks to the nuts in this recipe.

My flatmate almost strayed from trying this dish, saying "Nooo, I don't like artichokes, they're rubbish"... Turns out that is only if it's served on its own. As for me, I have pretty much gone through two jars of the stuff over the last couple of weeks... Ooops!

Pasta with Artichoke Sauce
(Serves 2)


1 cup uncooked pasta (make sure it's vegan if you are!)
150-200g artichokes in oil, drained
1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
4-5 Brazil nuts or a small handful or pine nuts
Juice of 1/2 lime
Handful of fresh chives, snipped
Salt and pepper to taste

- Simply start by cooking up the pasta as instructed in some lightly salted water.

- As that is boiling, have the remaining ingredients in a processor or a measuring jug and use a stick blender to combine = ta dah! Sauce is done!

- Drain most of the water off of the pasta and turn the heat down to medium low, keep some of it through so the pasta doesn't catch the bottom, add the sauce and heat through before serving!

Want it fancy? Simply garnish with a few chive strands, that's what they do in ze restaurants, I've seen it!


Original source:
Delicious Low-Fat Recipes, p 94

- Jules

10 comments:

  1. Mmmmm!!! Denne skal jeg lage og ha over squashpasta! Jeg elsker artisjokker og dette hørtes bare midt i blinken ut! Tusen takk for nydelig oppskrift ♡

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    1. Lurt! :D Og ingen årsak Ragnhild! Squash pasta er digg det også, og denne sausen kommer til og gå som hånd i hanske sammen med det! Let me know how it goes ;) <3

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  2. I hope your flatmate finally tried it. This looks so delicious! I have yet to use the jar of artichoke I bought a while back. Oops. Hope you have a good week :)

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    1. Hey! Yeh he did, and he loved it! But said it was because it was so garlicky, haha :P
      Artichoked are sooo good! The bigger bits can be a little tough though, which it works great blitzing them a little :) I hope you have had a lovely weekend Cathleen! x

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  3. Shut. Up.
    I am so making this tonight!! Artichoke sauce looks and sounds absolutely fantastic. Woah! Great find, Jules! In fact, the entire list of ingredients is right down my alley. I cannot wait to try this!!

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    1. Why hey!
      Hahah, I love your enthusiasm, and you'll also approve of the garlic in this sauce :D I hope it goes down a treat Missy ;) xx

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  4. Jeg lagde dette på mandag og hadde det over squashspagetti. Så. Himla. Godt!!!!!

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    1. Åååh nå ble jeg glad! :) Sant det var godt med artisjokk? :) Håper alt står bra til :) xx

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    2. Det er det beste! Elsker de som ligger marinert i olje. De har en slik rar, yummy "kjøtt"konsistens :O ;) Nam!!

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    3. Neesten like fiffig somog bruke grønn squash slik som du gjør også :) xx

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