Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette. I discovered Orecchiette pasta, the "ear" shaped pasta or the little "disc" shaped pasta earlier this year. Because the pasta is shaped like discs, they are like little pockets that hold the sauce or in this case, the pesto! Using a slotted spoon or a pasta spider.
Yes, even Marin mama cuts corners on dinner. Keywords: broccoli rabe orecchiette sausage, orecchiette pasta with broccoli rabe and sausage This was a delicious meal! We used spicy sausage and the heat with the flavors of the pesto and broccoli rabe were perfect. You can have Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette
- Prepare of Pasta.
- Prepare 12 ounces of Orecchiette pasta.
- You need 2 quart of water to boil pasta.
- You need 1 tablespoons of salt to boil pasta.
- Prepare of Sauce.
- Prepare 12 ounces of beef meatballs.
- Prepare 1/4 pound of Italian sausage.
- Prepare 28 ounce of Roma canned tomatoes I used San Marzeno.
- You need 28 ounce of crushed tomatoes.
- It's 2/3 cup of dried currants.
- It's 2 tablespoons of capers.
- It's 1/2 stick of butter.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of sliced green olive with pimentos.
- Prepare 3 tablespoons of harissa.
- It's 1 pound of ground sirloin.
- You need 2 tablespoons of dehydrated onions.
- Prepare of To taste salt.
- You need 1/4 cup of chopped parsley.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
- You need of Pesto baguette.
- You need 1 loaf of baguette bread.
- You need 11 teaspoon of pesto.
- You need 1 stick of butter.
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Orecchiette Pasta and Pesto Baguette step by step
- Gather you olive, capers, currants, and harissa. Mix together..
- Sear the sausage and brown the sirloin. Start the pasta boiling. When seared on all sides slice the sausage. Add sausage, dehydrated onions, and salt to the sirloin. Add the caper mixture..
- Do in batches. Slice the baguette. Melt half the butter in a skillet. Fry the bread on both sides of bread. Then do the other half of the loaf with the rest of the butter..
- Take the pesto and smear it on one side of each piece of fried baguette..
- Add the whole tomatoes to the meat mixture. Then add the crushed tomatoes. Taste and adjust seasonings..
- Add the pasta reserve the pasta water in case you need to thicken or thin the sauce. Serve I hope you enjoy!!! You can add cheese if you like. I usually do this on the second day to change the flavor a bit so it's like not eating the same thing.a.
Add orecchiette pasta; cook and stir pasta in hot broth, adding remaining broth when liquid is absorbed, until pasta is cooked through and most of the Perfect as is. I wouldn't stray too far from Orecchiette-like pasta to ensure even cooking. Return the pasta to the pot. Add the cooking water and the pesto and cook over low heat, tossing, until coated. Serve, passing more cheese at the table.