One of my favorite pasta dishes!
Oreccheitte pasta (the one that’s looks like little hats) with sweet Italian sausage and broccoli.
This recipe will feed 2 to 4 people. You may substitute any type pasta. I happen to love orecchiette because it brings back great memories of cooking with my Grandmother. It was the pasta she always used for this dish.
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Grill or cook in a pan: 2 sweet Italian sausage links (about 1/2 lb). Then slice into bite size pieces.
Prepare 1/2 lb dry pasta by following the instructions on the box but shorten by 2 minutes and reserve 1 cup of pasta water.
In a pan large enough to hold all the ingredients; sauté 4 garlic cloves sliced and broccoli to taste in 1 cup of chicken stock or broth for 5 min. Add the cut up pieces of sausage, pasta and 1/2 cup of pasta water.
Simmer and stir 2 to 3 min on a low heat. This will incorporate all the ingredients and finish cooking the pasta. If necessary add more pasta water. Serve in a bowl and finish with grated Romano cheese and a drizzle of olive oil.
You could add black pepper or crushed hot pepper to taste.
Enjoy,
Daniel
Tags: grandmother, Italian, memories, pasta, sauagse
