How to Make Homemade Orecchiette Pasta Recipe with Sausage
what is Orecchiette Pasta ?
ORECCHIETTE PASTA is a south Italian dish. Orecchiette indicates small ears. The small ear’s name takes place from its shape, which seems like a small ear. Its edges are thicker and its centre thinner, its surface in the company of uneven. If you have Water and Durum wheat, you can easily make this orecchiette. Less usage of Eggs in orecchiette, so the person who does not like eggs should try this orecchiette which gives a delicious taste.
Orecchiette Pasta Recipe with Sausage
Nowadays, we will buy orecchiette in a shopping mall or online right? But I have seen my grandmother that she used to make orecchiette at our home. She rolled the dough, and next she slash it into a cuboid. Using the knife, she presses the cube, to bring it to the board used to drag gently and she makes it like cavatelli (curl). I learned to make orecchiette from my grandmother. she teaches very well tolerating all my mad questions. When I started to do orecchiette, I felt it is not easy to do perfectly as my grandmother, even did so many mistakes. Once I learned the perfect orecchiette, it s Became easy to do at home. From then to now I’ll never use to buy orecchiette at the shopping. Homemade is easier and healthier for us!
Usually, orecchiette pasta is served with a variety of meats like pork, crisp white wine, and capers. For dressing up the orecchiette, tomato sauce ( al sugo) is one of the traditional ways. Substitute tomato sauce, you can serve with a sprinkling of ricotta, mini meatballs or a ricotta forte. Il cucchiaio targets(The silver spoon) is an Italian cookbook. Indicates that, orecchiette can be best when we serve it with vegetable sauce. So, I tried the orecchiette pasta with vegetable sauce, YES! It is true. Ideal for orchettie is the vegetable sauce.
Adding Ingredients perfectly for orchettie can change its complete taste. For terrific delicious taste, you need to add what suits you more to orchettie pasta. I did orecchiette pasta with a variety of ingredients like combining pasta with broccoli, and tomato sauce. After trying, I found the best of all to share with you people!
Take a look below to prepare ingredients for homemade orecchiette pasta recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 onions ( finely chopped )
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 8 ounces Italian spicy sausages, make sure to remove casings.
- 4 cups low medium chicken broth or as needed
- 2 cups orecchiette pasta ( or you can add further, more orecchiette gives us more taste)
- 1 cup roughly sliced arugula
- 1 cup nicely grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese.
Orchettie pasta is one of the delicious dishes, yummy taste and it is easy to prepare too!
Check out the instructions below to try out the best homemade orecchiette pasta recipe.
Instructions
- Place a large skillet with medium-high heat. Add the olive oil to heat. Add chopped onions with a bit of salt. Stir and cook until onions turn golden brown or translucent, about 4 minutes. Add the sausage and stir cook until it gets browned, about 7 minutes.
- Pour 2 cups of chicken broth into the mixture of sausage. And bring to a boil while start stirring to avoid the browned bits on the edges and bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Then add orecchiette pasta to the skillet. When the whole liquid is absorbed further add the remaining 2 cups of chicken broth. And broth also gets absorbed, until the pasta is finely cooked, about 17 minutes.
- Add the arugula to sausage pasta and stir together until the arugula wilts.
- Transfer the pasta to a bowl to look more elegant!
- Drizzle with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
Is orecchiette pasta is healthy?
Orecchiette Pasta recipe is a part of the ideal diet. Pasta is a group of diet foods because it is made from grains. It is the best dish to add while dieting also provides you with fibre. pasta helps out to stop stomach problems and helps to lower cholesterol too. Pasta is the best source consist of energy and the best taste.
You can eat homemade orecchiette pasta recipe without any worries. It adds nutritional benefits to us, also orecchiette pasta is easiest to cook for about 30-35 minutes, and also provides the best taste. Surely, all our taste buds get addicted to orecchiette pasta. Whenever I cook orecchiette pasta, my hubby eagerly waits to finish it off. Both of us love this simple orecchiette pasta.
Are you planning to surprise a dinner light to your hubby? Please give it a try orchettie pasta to serve with a vegetable sauce. It will be the best surprise with a combination of healthy dishes. No one will say no to this healthiest tasty yummy orecchiette pasta!
Do you know why Italians eat so much pasta?
Family is one of the pillars of Italian people or Italian culture. Italians give more importance to family, they love to spend time together with family. Grandmothers will make pasta and eat together with a family member. And absolutely, families will get addicted to this tasty orecchiette pasta. Not only to spend time with family also it is filled with more health benefits even it is splendid taste. It is one of the best traditions to be close to our family Right? Even for me also, my grandmother taught me to do orecchiette pasta at home! with that, I learned professionally to write my article. How long does homemade orecchiette pasta recipe last? You can store cooked orecchiette pasta in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. But make sure to check the signs of spoil or damage before you eat pasta.
Nutritional value of homemade orecchiette pasta recipe
Service size – 3 “Amount per serving”
- Total fat 3g
- Saturated fat 2g
- Cholesterol 0.1mg
- Sodium 0.1mg
- Carbohydrates 79g.
- Dietary fibre 7g
- Iron 14%
- Potassium 180mg
- Sugar 2g
The above-mentioned nutrition information of orecchiette pasta is estimated. it will vary based on some reasons like the quantity of the ingredients that may change in the cooking style and the brands of ingredients used in your dish. For exact nutrition data, you can use your favour nutrition calculator and add the precise ingredients which you used in the dish.
