Pork Sausage Orecchiette Bolognese

🥘 Ingredients

• black pepper
  1 pinch
• butter
  1 tbsp
• cooking oil
  1 tsp
• garlic
  2 cloves
• italian pork sausage
  10 oz
• marinara sauce
  8 oz
• olive oil
  1 tbsp
• orecchiette pasta
  8 oz
• parmesan cheese
  2 oz
• salt
  1 pinch
• tuscan heat spice
  1 tsp
• zucchini
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• large pot
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. Peel and mince garlic . Trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into ¼-inch-thick half-moons.

   garlic: 2 cloves, zucchini: 1 unit
2. 

   2

   Once water is boiling, add orecchiette pasta to pot. Cook until al dente ⏱️ 14 minutes . Reserve ½%cup pasta cooking water, then drain.

   orecchiette pasta: 8 oz
3. 

   3

   While pasta cooks, heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add zucchini and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned ⏱️ 5 minutes . Transfer to a plate; wipe out pan. Once zucchini is done, remove italian pork sausage from casing; discard casing. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through ⏱️ 5 minutes . Stir in garlic and tuscan heat spice ; cook until fragrant ⏱️ 30 seconds .

   cooking oil: 1 tsp, italian pork sausage: 10 oz, olive oil: 1 tbsp, tuscan heat spice: 1 tsp
4. 

   4

   Add marinara sauce to pan with sausage mixture, then reduce heat to medium. Simmer until flavors meld and sauce is slightly reduced ⏱️ 3 minutes .

   marinara sauce: 8 oz
5. 

   5

   Add drained orecchiette, ¼%cup reserved pasta cooking water, and butter to pan with sauce. Toss to thoroughly combine. Stir in zucchini. Taste and season with salt and black pepper . TIP: If needed, stir in more reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time until everything is thoroughly coated in sauce.

   butter: 1 tbsp, salt: 1 pinch, black pepper: 1 pinch
6. 

   6

   Divide pasta between bowls; top with parmesan cheese and serve.

   parmesan cheese: 2 oz