Orecchiette Pasta with Sausage and Rapini

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Orecchiette Pasta with Sausage and Rapini

This recipe for Orecchiette Pasta with Sausage and Rapini reminds me of a time I visited Niagara-on-the-lake. Such a simple and elegant dish with simple ingredients and ready in no time at all to curb your family's hunger.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 24

Total Time 29

Course Main Entrées

Cuisine Italian

Servings

Calories 795 kcal

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Equipment

Ingredients

1 bundle rapini
3 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic
20 oz pork sausage 4 sausages
2.5 oz red bell pepper 1 pepper
15.5 oz orecchiette pasta
2 oz parmesan cheese
½ cup vegetable stock
salt and pepper

Instructions

Wash rapini and cut off the bottom part of the stem. Remove some of the excess leaves. Steam or parboil the rapini. Set aside.
Remove meat from the sausage casing.
In a large skillet, sauté garlic in olive oil. Add sausage chunks and cook until sausage is cooked. Add rapini, sliced peppers and vegetable broth. Reduce heat to a simmer until the rapini and peppers are wilted.
Cook orecchiette pasta according to manufacturers instructions. Add salt to taste.
Using a spider spoon, scoop al dente pasta into skillet with rapini and sausage. Mix well.
Serve immediately topped with parmesan cheese.

Notes

Meal Prep Tips

Remove the meet from the sausage by squeezing it out of the casing.

If previously frozen, you can also score the sausage down the middle and remove the casing when the sausage is partially thawed out.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 795kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 33gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 21gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 89mgSodium: 1003mgPotassium: 520mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 673IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 165mgIron: 3mg

Keyword pasta dish, pork, vegetable

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