Cucina Archive · Primo
Orecchiette with Rapini and Barese Sausage
The Puglian plate. Orecchiette, bitter greens and crumbled sausage, and nothing else asked to do any work.
C15 · Partial record · yields Not recorded
Formula
| Orecchiette | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rapini | broccoli rabe | |
| Barese sausage | crumbled | |
| Garlic | ||
| Olive oil | ||
| Chilli flakes | if wanted |
Method
Brown the sausage and break it up.
Blanch the rapini in the pasta water, then lift it out and keep the water.
Cook the orecchiette in that same water.
Bring it together in the pan with garlic and oil, loosening with pasta water.
Notes
The greens go into the pasta water first. It seasons them and it puts their bitterness into the water the pasta then cooks in, which is the whole point.