ORECCHIETTE WITH BROCOLLI RABE N SAUSAGE
By
Lora DiGs
@ansky714
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THIS IS A DISH THAT HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR YEARS....I DONT MAKE IT OFTEN CAUSE HUBBY IS NOT INTO THE BITTERNESS OF BROCCOLI RABE...I LOVE IT N IT HAPPENS TO B A LORA DAY.....SO THIS IS WATS FOR DINNER TONITE ;)
Ingredients
- 1/4 c
- olive oil
- 4 clove
- garlic, peeld n crushd
- 1 Tbsp
- salt plus 1/4 tsp
- 1 lb
- orriechetta ...this is the pasta i always use but any kind of cut pasta will work ;)
- 1/2 lb
- sweet italian sausage ...about 4 links...meat squeezd out of casing
- 1/2 tsp
- crushd red pepper flakes (less can b usedfor less heat)
- 3/4 c
- parmesean cheese...divided into 1/4 n 1/2 cup
- 1 bunch
- broccoli rabe, cleand n roughly chopd
How to Make ORECCHIETTE WITH BROCOLLI RABE N SAUSAGE
- 1I BLANCH MY BROCCOLI RABE IN BOILN WATER FOR THREE MINUTES TO RID SOME OF THE BITTERNESS THEN I IMMEDIATELY PUT IT INTO A WATER/ICE BATH TO STOP COOKN. THEN DRAIN
- 2PUT UP A LARGE POT OF WATER WITH A 1 TBLSPN OF SALT....ONCE BOILN ADD PASTA N COOK AL DENTE.
- 3WHILE PASTA IS COOKN ....IN A LARGE SAUCEPAN HEAT UP OLIVE OIL N SAUTÉ GARLIC TILL GOLDEN...1-2 MINUTES. NEXT ADD SAUSAGE MEAT N BREAK UP WITH SPOON N COOK FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES
- 4ADD BROCCOLI RABE ALONG WITH A CUP OF PASTA WATER, CRUSHD RED PEPPER N SALT....STIRRN OCCASIONALLY N COOK FOR 5 MORE MINUTES OVER MED/HIGH HEAT UNTIL LIQUID IS SLIGHTLY REDUCED :)
- 5DRAIN THE PASTA N ADD TO SAUSAGE N BROCCOLI RABE...ADD 1/4 CUP OF PARMESEAN CHEESE N STIR INTO MIXTURE. ADDITIONAL CHEESE IS TO B SPRINKLED ON EACH SERVING....ENJOY :)
