Orchetti Sausage Pasta Recipe

Sausage Pasta Recipe with Broccoli Rabe Served with Orchetti is an Italian Pasta Recipe Tradition. The flavors of Italy are jumping off the plate as you taste every bite! a delicious symphony of flavors.

Orchetti pasta are little hat shaped pasta but the word Orchetti means little ears.
Followed with Broccoli Rabe which is called Rapini in Italian.
Then visited by a pinch of crushed red pepper to add the perfect amount of heat.
Drizzle a generous amount of Olive Oil and parmigiano to give it that final touch!

OK, so I just gave away my recipe.

Use it and enjoy it!

Yes, I know there are some scrumptious Italian pasta sauces made with sweet and spicy Italian sausage, slathered in a juicy red sauce, and they are delicious too. But this is a simple and flavorful sausage pasta dish that you and your friends with love.

Pork sausage is a mandatory meat staple that infuses so many wonderful Italian meals, and for this Italian pasta recipe it's our primary ingredient, so choose a good quality Italian sausage or even better, have your butcher grind some pork fresh and blend it with your favorite spices. Mix together some:

Salt and Pepper
A touch of Sugar
Sage
Coriander
Fennel is a must
Cumin if you like and of course some Garlic

I bring mine to the butcher and ask him to grind it up with the meat.

Ingredients for your Sausage Pasta Recipe:

1 lb Orchetti shaped pasta
1 lb sweet Italian sausage
1 bunch of Broccoli Rabe or Rapini
½ cup of Olive Oil
4 cloves of thinly sliced garlic
½ tsp crushed red pepper
½ cup parmigiano cheese, freshly grated

Have you noticed that Italian Pasta recipes have very few ingredients to them? It's all about simple, fresh, humble food and that is what makes it so good.

Preparing your Sausage Pasta Recipe:

Preparing the rapini is simple. Take a small knife and cut about an inch of the bottom of each stem. The use the small knife to peel the tough outer skin of the stems away. Discard this outer skin. Now cut into pieces about one to two inches long. Cut the florets into two inch pieces.

Bring a pot of water to a boil to cook your broccoli rabe. When it gets to a boiling point, add the Rapini and cook for 3-5 minutes. Quickly remove from the heat, drain and plunge in cold water with ice cubes to maintain it's bright green color!

Then I start cooking my Orchetti pasta. It's a thick pasta shape and it takes time to cook the pasta perfectly al dente.

Remove the rapini from the ice water and set aside to drain until you're ready to add to the pasta dish.

Now take the Italian sausage and SQUEEEEZZZE the meat out of the casing. (if you had yours ground fresh you get to skip this step).

But don't be afraid to get your hands dirty though!

Take your ground sausage meat and form them into little balls on a plate till you're ready to cook.

Heat your pan on a medium level. That will allow the sausage to cook without burning and the natural fat of the sausage will prevent it from sticking to the pan. It's all about the flavor of the pork in this step.

Don't worry, you're going to drain the fat once the pork is cooked.

After draining the fat from the pan you can add your sliced garlic and saute until tender.

Final touches for your Sausage Pasta Recipe:

When the sausage and garlic are complete you'll add the rappini and heat for a minute or two. Then add the orchetti to the pan with the crushed red pepper and stir to blend all the flavors together.

The heat of the stove will bring out the heat of the crushed red pepper.

Remove from stove when you're ready to serve add the parmigiano and stir together.

I like to serve this Italian pasta recipe family style. In a big bowl with a "help yourself spoon" and bottle of "help yourself wine".

Vivere, Amare, Ridere e Mangiare Bene
Live, Love, Laugh and Eat Well!
Kira Volpi

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