Best Orecchiette With Savoy Cabbage Peas And Lemon Cream Recipes

ONE PAN ORECCHIETTE PASTA

One Pan Orecchiette Pasta image

Every year when it's time to go back to school I get inundated with requests from students to post recipes that are super-easy, cost pennies, and require a bare minimum of kitchen equipment. This delicious orecchiette pasta recipe only has a handful of ingredients, is very cheap to make, and most importantly: only uses one pan or pot for the entire procedure.

Provided by Chef John

Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta

Time 40m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
½ onion, diced
salt to taste
8 ounces spicy Italian sausages, casings removed
3 ½ cups low-sodium chicken broth, divided, or as needed
1 ¼ cups orecchiette pasta, or more to taste
½ cup roughly chopped arugula, or to taste
¼ cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, or to taste

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion with a pinch of salt in hot oil until onion is soft and golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir sausage into onions; cook and stir until sausage is broken up and browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
Pour 1 1/2 cups chicken broth into sausage mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. 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 broth is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
Stir arugula into pasta-sausage mixture until arugula wilts. Ladle pasta into bowls and dust with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 661.9 calories, Carbohydrate 46.2 g, Cholesterol 59.7 mg, Fat 39.1 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 31.2 g, SaturatedFat 11.7 g, Sodium 1359.8 mg, Sugar 4.4 g

ORECCHIETTE WITH SAVOY CABBAGE, PEAS, AND LEMON CREAM

Orecchiette with Savoy Cabbage, Peas, and Lemon Cream image

Categories Milk/Cream Pasta Sauté Quick & Easy Lemon Pea Cabbage Dill Gourmet

Yield Makes 4 main-course servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 pound orecchiette (ear-shaped pasta) or pasta shells
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 pound Savoy cabbage, quartered lengthwise, core discarded, and leaves very thinly sliced crosswise
1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced (1 cup)
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup thawed frozen peas
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Steps:

Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
While pasta is cooking, heat butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté cabbage, stirring, until pale golden, about 6 minutes. Add scallions, chicken broth, and cream and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is tender, about 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in peas, zest, dill, salt, and pepper.
Ladle out 1 cup pasta cooking water and reserve, then drain pasta in a colander. Combine pasta with cabbage mixture and 3/4 cup reserved pasta water in a large bowl (or in pot).
If pasta looks dry, moisten with some of remaining water.