1 pound orecchiette pasta
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 pound hot Italian chicken sausage with casings removed
3 cloves of garlic thinly sliced
1 bunch broccolini - trimmed and stems chopped into 1 inch pieces
1 cup reserved pasta cooking water
1/4-1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Place a dish of ice water next to your pan.
Blanch broccolini in boiling water for 2 minutes and remove with a slotted spoon to ice water bath. Do not drain the water, bring it back to a boil to cook the pasta. Once the broccolini is cool drain ice water and lay out on paper towels to dry.
Add orecchiette to boiling water and cook according to package directions.
In a skillet brown the chicken sausage in the oil and break up with a wooden spoon as it is cooking. Once cooked thru add sliced garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
When pasta is done drain and reserve 1 cup cooking water add orecchiette to the skillet along with 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Toss well. Add in broccolini and 1/4 cup parmesan cheese.
If the pasta is too dry continue adding more cooking water. If it is too loose add some more cheese.
Serve hot with crusty bread.
Enjoy!
This recipe is equally good with broccoli rabe but I have a hard time finding it here so we go with broccolini. The rabe has more of a bitter greens taste which goes very well with the sausage, the broccolini is milder but still very good.
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