All Recipes Best Recipe Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Sausage

Ingredients

2 ½ bunches broccoli rabe 1 (16 ounce) package orecchiette pasta 3 tablespoons olive oil, or more as needed 3 Italian pork sausages, casings removed 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 3 ounces bread crumbs ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 ounce shaved Pecorino cheese, or more to taste

Nutrition Info

565 calories carbohydrate: 71.8 g cholesterol: 27 mg fat: 20.8 g fiber: 6 g protein: 23.6 g saturatedFat: 5.6 g servingSize: - sodium: 657.4 mg sugar: 3.7 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Bring 4 to 6 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot.
Cut 1 to 1 1/2 inches off of the bottom of the broccoli rabe stalks, cut into 1 1/2-inch sections.
Place trimmed broccoli rabe and orecchiette into the boiling water and boil until pasta is tender, 12 to 14 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add sausage and cook for 6 minutes, stir in garlic and cook until sausage is browned and crumbly, 2 to 3 minutes more.
Heat a medium-sized pan over medium heat. Add enough oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Stir in bread crumbs. Cook until browned and crunchy, about 5 minutes.
Drain the pasta pot. Add drained broccoli rabe and orecchiette to the sausage. Add red pepper flakes and 1/2 of the bread crumbs and stir well.
Transfer 1/2 the pasta mixture to a large bowl. Stir in 1/2 the Pecorino cheese. Add remaining pasta mixture to the bowl and top with remaining cheese, mix well. Top with remaining bread crumbs.

6 servings

The combination of sausage, broccoli rabe, and Italian Pecorino cheese from lamb's milk is incredible.