Cavatelli sausage with broccoli recipe
Recipe for cavatelli sausage with broccoli in the italian recipes category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/2 lb. or 2 cups dried Cavatelli or other small shell-shaped Italian pasta
- 1/2 lb. or 3 links sweet Italian Sausage
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 bunch broccoli
- 1 1/4 cup low-salt chicken broth
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 1 tbls. unsalted butter
- Parmesan cheese
Recipe method:
- Squeeze sausage from casings and saute in a heavy skillet or cast iron frying pan.
- Stir until no longer pink and sausage has broken down into small chunks.
- Remove sausage with slotted spoon leaving juices in pan.
- Cut broccoli into 1 inch pieces and saute in juices or drippings from the sausage.
- Stir gently til it begins to brown.
- Add garlic and saute 1 minute more.
- Add broth and raisins and simmer until the broccoli is tender, about 3 minutes. Do not over cook.
- Finally, add butter and stir to melt.
- Add, with sausage, to cooked pasta and serve with parmesan cheese.
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