Penne with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

Penne with sausage and broccoli is a dish that you and your family will love. The dish is made by adding hot Italian sausage to broccoli rabe and the mixture is then cooked to serve over penne pasta.

Broccoli rabe is a unique vegetable. The buds look like broccoli; however, it has a considerably stronger, more prominent taste.

Health Benefits

The dish, because of the presence of sausage and broccoli, is also rich in other essential nutrients that keep you healthy such as potassium, calcium, iron, vitamins etc.

Ingredients

Salt and pepper to taste

grated parmesan cheese: 1/4 cup

pasta in boiling water: 1/2 cup

grated parmesan cheese: 2 tbsp

broccoli rabe: 1 pound

crushed red pepper flakes: 1 tbsp

cloves garlic, minced: 3

hot Italian sausage links, cut into 1-inch pieces: 1 pound

box of penne pasta: 1

How To Make Penne with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

1. Take a large pot and fill it up with lightly salted water. Bring the water to a boil over high heat. At the point when water is boiling, mix in the penne, and bring it to boil again.
2. Boil the pasta without covering and whisk occasionally, until the pasta is fully cooked, but to the extent that it is still firm to the bite, roughly about 11 minutes.
3. Drain the water in a strainer set in the sink ascertaining you reserve 1/2 cup of the water.
4. Simultaneously, take a large skillet and heat over medium to high heat. Let cook and stir the sausage pieces, garlic, and red pepper flakes in the pan until you notice that the sausage is no longer pink on the exterior, about 4 minutes.
5. Now blend in the broccoli rabe and 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese. Include the reserved 1/2 cup of pasta boiling water as well.
6. Cover up and cook until the sausage is not pink in the center and the broccoli rabe is soft. It will take 5 to 7 minutes.
7. Stir together the cooked pasta, broccoli rabe, and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese until uniformly mixed.
8. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve.

Trivia

You’d barely be able to have a reservation at the Rao’s Italian restaurant in Harlem which is famous for its penne with sausage and broccoli rabe. It is a little restaurant that was started in 1896 by an Italian immigrant named Charles Rao. All these years and it is still one of the hottest restaurants in town and this only signifies how fulfilling and scrumptious the dish must be.