"Little Ears" Pasta

Name: "Little Ears" Pasta Serves as a Holiday Side Dish or a Regular Main
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 8 ounce Baby Broccoli; 9 ounce Sweet Italian Pork Sausage; 6 ounce Orecchiette Pasta; 1 teaspoon Chili Flakes; 2 ounce Pesto; ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese; 2 teaspoon Olive Oil; Salt; Pepper

Serves as a Holiday Side Dish or a Regular Main

Recipe Development TeamPublished on October 05, 2017

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The backbone of this dish is orecchiette—a round-shaped pasta named for the “little ears” they resemble. The pasta is tossed with bites of broccoli and sweet sausage, and then given a nice coating of basil-packing pesto and Parmesan cheese. It works wonderfully as a side dish for 6-8 hungry mouths (just in time for Thanksgiving), but you can also enjoy it as a meal for two any night of the week.

Tags:

Spicy

Allergens:

Wheat

•Milk

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.

Total Time25 minutes

Prep Time

DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

serving amount

8 ounce

Baby Broccoli

9 ounce

Sweet Italian Pork Sausage

6 ounce

Orecchiette Pasta

(Contains: Wheat)

1 teaspoon

Chili Flakes

2 ounce

Pesto

(Contains: Milk)

¼ cup

Parmesan Cheese

(Contains: Milk)

Not included in your delivery

2 teaspoon

Olive Oil

Salt

Pepper

Nutrition Values

/ per serving

Energy (kJ)1255 kJ

Calories300 kcal

Fat13 g

Saturated Fat3.5 g

Carbohydrate26 g

Sugar2 g

Dietary Fiber2 g

Protein13 g

Cholesterol20 mg

Sodium360 mg

Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.

Utensils

•Large Pot

•Strainer

•Large Pan

Instructions

Wash and dry all produce. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut any large broccoli florets into bite-size pieces. Remove sausage from casings.

Once water is boiling, add orecchiette to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-12 minutes. Carefully scoop out and reserve ¼ cup pasta cooking water, then drain.

Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add broccoli and 2 tsp water. Cover and steam 3 minutes. Uncover and increase heat to medium high. Cook, tossing occasionally, until browned and tender, 3-6 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from pan and set aside.

Heat another drizzle of olive oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage, breaking up meat into pieces. Cook until crisp at edges and no longer pink, 4-5 minutes. Add a pinch of chili flakes (to taste) and cook another 30 seconds.

Add orecchiette, broccoli, pesto, pasta cooking water, and half the Parmesan to pan. Toss until everything is well-coated and a thick sauce has formed, 1-2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Transfer pasta mixture to a serving dish (or serve it straight from the pan). Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and serve, letting everyone help themselves.