Orecchiette with Broccoli

[Alice is preparing the orecchiette by hand on her pastry board, when she realizes she is being picked up]
Hey guys, have you seen? I'm preparing the orecchiette, all strictly by hand! It took me some time because I admit it - I'm not that expert! - but the result is more than satisfactory! I can't wait to cook them with these amazing broccoli. Will you keep me company?

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Identity Card of the Recipe

• 101 KCal Calories per serving

• Ingrediants

  • Homemade food: 320 g of orecchiette
  • 400 g of broccoli
  • 2-3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 30 g of grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 piece of chilli
  • q.s. of salt

  Materials Needed

  • Chopping board
  • Knife
  • Colander
  • Grater
    

  Preparation

  1. Prepare the fresh orecchiette following THIS RECIPE.

  Review: how to prepare the orecchiette?
  To prepare 300 g of orecchiette, mix 200 g of re-milled durum wheat semolina with 120 ml of water. Then let the mixture rest in a sheet of cling film for 15 minutes. From the ball, cut a strip of dough and obtain a cord. Cut the cord into 1 cm pieces. With a rounded tip knife equipped with a saw, drag the ball towards you, on the pastry board, so that the dough takes on a curved shape. Place the piece of dough on the tip of a finger and turn it backwards: you will obtain a "round, concave orecchietta, with a thinner center of the edge and with rough outside. The first orecchietta is ready. Proceed in this way until all the dough is used up.

  2. Clean the broccoli and cut the flowering tops into small pieces.
  3. Wash the flowering tops in fresh water.
  4. In the meantime, bring plenty of water to a boil, salt it lightly and add the cleaned broccoli. Cook for about 15 minutes, until soft.
  5. A few minutes before the end of cooking, dip the fresh orecchiette with the broccoli.
  6. In a pan, heat 2-3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and flavor with a clove of garlic and fresh chilli.
  7. The orecchiette are ready in a few minutes. Then drain the pasta together with the broccoli, add to the oil and leave to flavor. Raise the heat and gently brown the broccoli.
  8. Serve with grated parmesan.

  Alice's comment - PersonalCooker

  If you want to enrich your orecchiette with broccoli, I suggest you also add a couple of anchovies to the sauce or a few pieces of sausage !! But the meat sauce, rigorously homemade, are also delicious! Enjoy your meal!

  Nutritional values ​​and Health Comment on the recipe

  Orecchiette with Broccoli are a low-calorie first course, with an energy prevalence of complex carbohydrates. Fatty acids and proteins are not very relevant, cholesterol is absent and fibers are more than significant.
  Orecchiette con i Broccoli are a food not suitable for the diet of celiacs and, with the addition of parmesan, not even to that of the severe lactose intolerant.
  In case of overweight, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia it is advisable to prefer moderate portions. The average quantity of COOKED FOOD is about 300-350g (300-350kcal). The nutritional values ​​shown on the side refer to 100g of cooked food.