Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage POV Cook Along

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Chicken sausage reduces fat while maintaining flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil.

Add 100 grams of orecchiette to the boiling water and cook for 8 minutes.

Trim the broccoli rabe and blanch in boiling water for about 15 seconds.

Drain the broccoli rabe and transfer to an ice bath.

In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat.

Add 4 cloves of minced garlic and sauté until fragrant.

Remove the casings from the bulk sausage and add to the skillet.

Cook the sausage, breaking it up until browned.

Add fennel seeds, black pepper, and red pepper flakes to the sausage.

Deglaze the skillet with white wine, red wine, or vodka.

Add the blanched broccoli rabe to the skillet and toss to combine.

Drain the orecchiette and add to the skillet with the sausage and broccoli rabe.

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