Sausage and Broccolini Orecchiette

🥘 Ingredients

• baby broccoli
  12 oz
• black pepper
• chili flakes
  1 tsp
• olive oil
  2 tsp
• orecchiette pasta
  12 oz
• parmesan cheese
  ½ cup
• pesto
  4 oz
• salt
• sweet Italian pork sausage
  18 oz

🍳 Cookware

• large pot
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Trim and discard the bottom inch from baby broccoli , then cut into 1-inch pieces. Remove the sausage from the casings. sweet Italian pork sausage

   baby broccoli: 12 oz, sweet Italian pork sausage: 18 oz
2. 2

   Add orecchiette pasta to the boiling water and cook for 9-11 minutes, until al dente. Drain, reserving ½ cup pasta water.

   orecchiette pasta: 12 oz
3. 

   3

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the broccolini and cook, tossing for 5-7 minutes, until tender. Season with salt and black pepper . Remove from the pan and set aside.

   olive oil: 2 tsp, salt, black pepper
4. 

   4

   Heat another drizzle of olive oil in the same pan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up the meat into pieces for 4-5 minutes, until browned and cooked through. Add a pinch of chili flakes to the pan (if desired) and cook for 30 seconds more.

   chili flakes: 1 tsp
5. 5

   Add the pasta, broccolini, parmesan cheese , pesto , and ½ cup pasta water to the pan and toss to combine. Cook, tossing for 1-2 minutes, until a sauce has formed. Season with salt and pepper. Enjoy!

   parmesan cheese: ½ cup, pesto: 4 oz