Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Cavatelli Sausage With Broccoli

Category: Italian

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

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.