Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

Name: Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g orecchiette; 1 lb Italian pork sausage, removed from casing; 1 bunch broccoli rabe, trimmed; 4 cloves garlic, sliced; ¼ tsp red pepper flakes; ¼ cup olive oil; ½ cup parmesan, grated; salt to taste

Quintessential Puglian pasta — spicy sausage, bitter broccoli rabe, and garlic oil clinging to ear-shaped pasta.

Total time

35 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Italian

comfortpasta

Ingredients

400gorecchiette

1 lbItalian pork sausage, removed from casing

1 bunchbroccoli rabe, trimmed

4 clovesgarlic, sliced

¼ tspred pepper flakes

¼ cupolive oil

½ cupparmesan, grated

saltto taste

Instructions

Blanch broccoli rabe in pasta water 2 minutes; remove with tongs. Keep water boiling.

Cook orecchiette in same water.

Brown sausage in pan; add garlic and pepper flakes.

Add broccoli rabe; sauté. Drain pasta; add to pan with a splash of pasta water.

Toss with olive oil and parmesan.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

742

Protein

22.7g

Fat

71.7g

Carbs

3.8g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

906mg

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