Pasta With Broccoli And Sausage
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Loading...Pasta with broccoli and sausage is one of the best expressions of southern Italian cooking because it uses what we call “Sicilian broccoli”, which has a very delicate flavor but a mellow consistency that blends perfectly with the sausage. It is a simple and "poor" dish, which is prepared in an instant but which gives great satisfaction. I prepare it very often also because it is a perfect single dish that can solve dinner when we are tired, a little sad and would like something to delight us without working too hard
Ingredients
- Sicilian Green Broccoli 600gr
- Italian Sausages 2 (about 300gr)
- Garlic 1 cloves
- Mild Red Chili Pepper 1/2
- White Wine 1/2 glass
- Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese 100gr
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt
Instructions
Wash the broccoli, dry it, remove the florets from the central trunk and cut them into 2 or 3 pieces. The trunk can be used for a soup, do not throw away it!
Fill a pot with plenty of water and bring to a boil. Salt lightly and cook the florets for about 10 minutes or until tender but not completely cooked. Collect the florets in a bowl but save the water that you will need to cook the pasta
Meanwhile, score the sausages with a cut lengthwise and remove the skin. Collect all the pulp on a cutting board and cut it with a knife, crushing it, in order to obtain a single very soft mixture. This step is important because it will make cooking easier and more uniform
Put plenty of oil, a clove of garlic and the red pepper in a large skillet. Heat the oil, remove the garlic when it is golden brown, add the sausage and cook for about 10 minutes. Deglaze with white wine, let it evaporate, then add the broccoli and cook for another 5 minutes in order to mix the ingredients well. You will need to get a rich and lumpy mixture.
Cook the pasta in the same water in which you cooked the broccoli, drain it “al dente” and put it in a skillet with the sauce, add a ladle of water and plenty of Parmesan which, in contact with the oil in the pan, will thicken the sauce and make it pleasantly creamy
Serve immediately, adding a drizzle of oil to each plate, a pinch of chilli pepper and, if you like, other freshly grated cheese
Notes
Pasta with broccoli and sausage is part of the many (hundreds?) variations of typical Italian cooking pasta with vegetables. Among all, I particularly love the combination of broccoli and pork, which I also proposed in the recipe http://www.italiancookingtips.com/pasta-with-roman-broccoli/ Try them both and you will discover how similar ingredients and cooking can give very different results. Using “Sicilian” sausage and broccoli, for example, you will get a rustic, rich and creamy dressing. Instead, using “Roman” broccoli (if you find it, buy it without hesitation because it is very good) and pancetta you will have a sweet, more elegant and delicate taste. Whatever your choice, it will be an excellent recipe!
ItalianCookingTips
Pasta with Broccoli and Sausage is very simple but watch out for cooking: do not boil the broccoli too much because it will then be cooked again in the pan. The sausage, on the other hand, must be well cooked but still soft and pulpy for this reason it must be blended with white wine
ItalianCookingTips
In Italy we call the broccoli you see in the picture “Sicilian”. Sicily, in fact, gives us this vegetable that has a very delicate flavor but a creamy texture, I would say buttery, which makes it perfect to accompany pastaClic also on
ItalianCookingTips
Cooking pasta in the same water in which the vegetables were boiled is an excellent idea to add flavor to your recipe
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