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Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

This is the perfect pasta dish, Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe. It comes together quickly in one pot and we think you’ll love it.

Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
Serves
4

Ingredients

  • 1 bag fresh Orecchiette, 1 lb box of dry pasta works as well
  • 1 lb Italian sausage, hot & sweet (we used 2/3 part sweet and 1/3 hot)
  • 1 bunch broccoli rabe, roughly chopped
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, sliced thin
  • 1 teaspoon, calabrian chili paste or red pepper flakes, _optional
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1-2 cups freshly grated pecorino
  • Salty pasta water
  • Cracked pepper and olive oil for serving

Preparation

  1. 1

    Remove sausage from its casing and brown in a pan on medium heat in a pan large enough to toss your pasta in

  2. 2

    Once browned, add garlic and calabrian chili paste, stir to combine, top with white wine, broccoli rabe, water, and lemon zest and let cook on medium-low heat

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, cook pasta in salted water (salt it like the sea), undercook it slightly so it can finish cooking in the sauce

  4. 4

    After the pasta is cooked add that into the sauce pot with the pasta, some pasta water, pecorino, and season with salt and pepper

  5. 5

    Plate and top with a drizzle of olive oil, pecorino, and pepper