Orecchiette con Broccoli

Name: Orecchiette con Broccoli (Orecchiette with Broccoli)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: pecorino cheese, grated (optional); 90 ml extra virgin olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 small chilli, finely chopped; 500 g orecchiette pasta; salt; 500 g purple-sprouting broccoli or trimmed cime di rape (rape tops); 500 g purple-sprouting broccoli or trimmed cime di rape (rape tops)

Orecchiette with Broccoli

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio – The Collection

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2012

About

“In Puglia, broccoli and orecchiette are almost synonymous. The combination of pasta and the very strong flavours of local broccoli, tomatoes, olive oil and some chilli makes it a really wonderful dish.”

Ingredients

500 g purple-sprouting broccoli or trimmed cime di rape (rape tops)
salt
90 ml ex

Europe
Italy
Vegan
Pasta
Puglia
Mediterranean

Method

Cook the broccoli in lightly salted boiling water until tender, then drain. Put the oil in a pan over a low heat, then add the garlic and chilli and cook gently for a few minutes until softened. Add the broccoli florets and mix well. Season with salt to taste.

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for 14-18 minutes, until al dente, then drain. Mix with the broccoli sauce and serve, acc