Calabrese & Chilli Orecchiette

Name: Calabrese & Chilli Orecchiette
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 400 g Calabrese broccoli, cut into small florets; 1 Red chilli, chopped; 3 Garlic cloves, sliced; 350 g Orecchiette; 4 tbsp Olive oil; 40 g Parmesan, grated

25 min · serves 4

Crops from your garden in this recipe: 🥦 Calabrese 🌶️ Chilli pepper 🧄 Garlic

Ingredients

400 g Calabrese broccoli, cut into small florets (grown in the garden)
1 Red chilli, chopped (grown in the garden)
3 Garlic cloves, sliced (grown in the garden)
350 g Orecchiette
4 tbsp Olive oil
40 g Parmesan, grated

Green items are crops you can grow yourself.

Method

Cook the pasta in well-salted water, adding the broccoli for the last 4 minutes.
Meanwhile warm the oil with the garlic and chilli over a low heat for 3 minutes, taking care not to brown the garlic.
Drain the pasta and broccoli, keeping a mugful of the cooking water.
Toss everything together in the pan, mashing some of the broccoli against the side to make a rough sauce, adding water to loosen.
Serve topped with parmesan.