Sicilian Linguini

This may be a vegetarian dish but its well loved by all meat eaters its served too. Its filling, its comfort food and it's just plain good.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 (6 ounce) can  quartered artichoke hearts (drained)
• 1 (6 ounce) jar kalamata olives (Pitted and sliced in half)
• 10  garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle light olive oil (Very important that its xtra light tasting)
• 1  head broccoli (Remove stems all the way to the crown and break into smaller florets.)
• 1 (8 ounce) package linguine
•  fresh grated asiago cheese (MUST be fresh as canned ruins the recipe) or  parmesan cheese (MUST be fresh as canned ruins the recipe)

Directions

1. First, I must stress the importance of having the linguini al dente (Not too hard and not too soft).
2. It should have a good mouth feel and should not be soggy for this recipe.
3. Remember, linguini cooks faster than regular spaghetti.
4. A few hours before prepping the recipe, take the top off the bottle a olive oil and put all the minced garlic into the oil.
5. Replace cap.
6. Every now and again shake up the bottle to infuse the oil with the garlic flavor.
7. Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a violent boil.
8. Have ready a large bowl filled with water and ice, allow water to get very chilly before proceeding with what follows.
9. Place broccoli in the pot and let it boil for 2 minutes, NO longer.
10. Immediately pour into strainer and throw that broccoli into the icy water to stop any further cooking, it should be a bright emerald green now.
11. Start your linguini.
12. When pasta is done and strained place it into a large pot.
13. Add the garlic infused olive oil and toss (I usually only add 3/4 cup of the oil but others prefer more, try adding the 3/4 cup first. After adding everything else taste and add add more and toss as desired), add the blanched broccoli and toss, add the Kalamata olives and toss, add the artichoke hearts and toss.
14. Plate up and sprinkle with the cheese.