Italian

Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops)

Name: Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 12 oz orecchiette; 1 lb broccoli rabe; 4 anchovy fillets; 3 garlic cloves; 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 tsp salt

Pietro @pietro_bari

Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops) is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium High fiber Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

12 oz orecchiette
1 lb broccoli rabe
4 anchovy fillets
3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the broccoli rabe for 3 minutes, then lift it out with a slotted spoon, leaving the water in the pot.
Roughly chop the broccoli rabe.
Cook the orecchiette in the same pot until al dente.
Meanwhile, warm the olive oil in a wide skillet and cook the garlic and anchovy fillets over low heat, mashing the anchovies until they melt into the oil, about 2 minutes.
Add the chopped broccoli rabe to the skillet and toss to coat.
Drain the pasta and add it to the skillet, tossing everything together with salt to taste, then serve hot.

Watch how to cook Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Orecchiette con le cime di rapa alla pugliese Play the video

Serve it with

A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cicoria Ripassata (Sauteed Bitter Greens)
  
  20 min
Something cool and fresh
- Insalata Caprese (Caprese Salad)
  
  10 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops) carries gluten and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Butternut Squash Risotto
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Affettati e Formaggio (Cold Cuts and Cheese Plate)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 450 kcal
Protein: 15 g
Carbs: 67 g
Fat: 14 g
Fiber: 6 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 490 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Orecchiette con Cime di Rapa (Orecchiette with Turnip Tops) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in winter and spring, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.