Broccoli & red pepper pasta

You cook the broccoli for a long time. It’s way better than it sounds.

• 1 onion, chopped
• 3-4 crowns broccoli, chopped
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• Red pepper flakes
• .5 c parmesan
• pasta

Start sweating the onion. Blanch broccoli in salty water.
Add red pepper flakes and 2-3 cloves garlic to onion, cook a minute.
Add cooked broccoli to onions, along with some blanching water (~1 cup). Cook it death, adding more water as needed (~40 minutes).
~10 minutes before veggies are done, cook pasta in remaining water, then add to the veggies along with a little pasta water and the parmesan.
Variation: add egg yolk and a little more parm for a richer dish.
Optional: serve with breadcrumbs.