Orecchiette with Broccoli and Sausage

Name: Orecchiette with Broccoli and Sausage
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g orecchiette; 300g Italian sausage, casing removed; 1 head broccoli, cut small; 4 cloves garlic; ½ tsp chilli flakes; ¼ cup olive oil; ½ cup parmesan, grated; pasta water as needed

Southern Italian orecchiette, little ears pasta tossed with sausage and broccoli. Cooking the broccoli directly in the same oil the garlic and chilli were fried in is what lets it soak up their flavour as it softens, rather than tasting plain against the sausage.

Total time

25 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Italian

comfortpasta

Ingredients

400gorecchiette

300gItalian sausage, casing removed

1 headbroccoli, cut small

4 clovesgarlic

½ tspchilli flakes

¼ cupolive oil

½ cupparmesan, grated

pasta wateras needed

Instructions

Brown sausage; remove.

Fry garlic and chilli in oil; add broccoli; cook until tender.

Cook pasta; save water; drain.

Toss pasta with broccoli, sausage, parmesan, and pasta water.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

966

Protein

33g

Fat

91.2g

Carbs

5.6g

Fiber

0.4g

Sodium

1545mg

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