HOW TO MAKE: Orecchiette with Sausage and Rapini Puree | David Rocco's Recipes

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Turkey sausage reduces fat and calories while maintaining flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Add orecchiette to the boiling water and cook for about 1 minute until soft.

Remove the orecchiette and set aside, reserving the pasta water.

In the same pot, add rapini to the boiling water and cook briefly.

In a skillet, heat olive oil and add crumbled sweet and spicy sausages; cook until browned.

Add anchovies to the skillet and mix with the sausage.

Puree the cooked rapini and add it to the skillet with the sausage mixture.

Combine the orecchiette with the sausage and rapini mixture, adding reserved pasta water as needed to achieve desired consistency.

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