Pasta With Broccoli & Italian Sausage Recipe #360295
This recipe is quick, easy & simply delicious. Be careful, you may eat more than you should.
35 min | 15 min prep
SERVES 6
- 1 head broccoli (approximately 3/4 lb.)
- 2 1/2 links sweet Italian sausage
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1 lb dried short pasta such as fusilli, penne, ziti
- salt & pepper
- 2 ounces pecorino romano cheese, grated
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Clean broccoli & separate florets from the stems. Remove the tough peel from the stems & cut into cubes. Place in steamer & steam to desired tenderness. Reserve the broccoli water.
- Remove the casings from the sausage. Heat the olive oil to medium high and brown the sausage flattening & chopping until all is browned.
- Add garlic, fennel seed & red pepper flakes. Cook until garlic is pale brown. Remove from the heat.
- Add steamed broccoli & 1/2 cup of the broccoli water to the sausage.
- Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook according to package directions.
- Scoop out the pasta & add to the sausage & broccoli along with 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
- Reheat the sausage, broccoli & pasta & stir until the water mostly boils away & forms a nice sauce. 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.
- If too dry add more water from pasta &/or broccoli.
- Grate 1/2 ounce of pecorino romano cheese over pasta reserving the remaing cheese for tableside.
- Salt & pepper to taste.
- Can be reheated in microwave. Just sprinkle with a little water before heating.
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