Orichiette with Sausages and Spicy Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• Cut that back to 3/4 cup of dried pasta per person and you’ll have more
• different is that every step of the way, I added flavor. In lieu of plain canned plum tomatoes, I went
• for diced tomatoes with green chiles. In went two kinds of Italian sausage,
• both hot and sweet. Lot of garlic, some
• dry red wine and concentrated tomato paste all added to the sense of eating
• something substantial even without all that pasta. You can make this dish in two big pots. In one you boil the pasta and the brocollini
• and in the other you cook the sausage, tomatoes and garlic to which you add the
• broccolini, the cooked pasta and some Parmigiano cheese. I made this for two but the recipe is for
• 4. And here it is:
• Recipe for Orechiette with Sausage and Spicy Tomato Broccolini Sauce
• Serves 4. Takes just about 30
• minutes start to finish.
• Two Sausages per serving,
• one Sweet and one Hot,4 Sweet Italian Sausages
• 6 large garlic cloves, peeled and
• sliced thin.
• 2-14 ½ oz. cans diced Tomatoes with
• Green Chiles
• ¾ cup dry Orechiette per person or
• 3 cups total for 4.
• 2 bunches of Broccolini, cut into
• two inch lengths, tough stems discarded.
• 1 cup freshly grated Reggiano
• Parmigiano Cheese
• Kosher Salt and Freshly-ground
• Black Pepper
• Pre-Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large ovenproof pot, place the pork
• sausages in a single layer. Cook these
• for 15 – 20 minutes on until browned.
• Remove the pot from the oven. Remove the sausages from the pot. Cool slightly then cut into ¼ inch
• slices. Set aside.
• Leave any fat from the sausages in
• the pot. Return the sliced sausage to
• the pot and, on top of the stove, brown the sausage slices stirring frequently
• until they are brown. Add the sliced
• garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the
• tomatoes and their juices, the dry red wine, the tomato paste, 2 teaspoons of
• salt and 1 teaspoon of freshly-ground black pepper. Let the mixture simmer over low heat while
• you make the pasta.
• Bring a large pot of water to boil
• and add 1 tbsp. of salt. When the water
• is at a rolling boil, add the pasta and cook for 9 minutes. While the pasta cooks, trim the broccolini to
• below the leaves, discarding the tough stems. Once the pasta has cooked for the
• 9 minutes, add the broccolini for 2-3 minutes making sure it stays crisp
• tender. Reserve a half cup of the pasta/broccolini water. Drain the pasta and
• broccolini in a large colander. Add the
• pasta and broccolini to the spicy tomato and sausage sauce. Stir in the cheese
• and 1 tsp. of salt. If the pasta sauce