Recipe : Orecchiette e cime de rape

Orecchiette e cime de rape


This recipe was sent in by a group of students from Italy
"We are a group of Italian students attending an English course. We would show you a typical dish of our marvellous land: Puglia! This recipe has very old traditions and our grandmothers still make home made orecchiette (ear shaped pasta). "
A group of Italian students

The finished dish
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Ingredients
(for 4 people)

300 g orecchiette (pasta)
1 kg turnip
1 garlic clove
100 g pugliese extra virgin olive oil
2 salted fillets of anchovies
bread crumbs
chilli to taste
Instructions
Select the tender leaves and the tops of the turnips.
Clean, wash and dry the turnips.
Heat the oil and lightly fry the garlic in a large pan, add 2 salted fillets of anchovies.
Put a little oil in another pan and fry the bread crumbs until golden brown.
Boil the turnip tops and leaves in salted water for 10 minutes. Then add orecchiette and boil them altogether for 8-10 minutes.
Strain orecchiette and turnips.
Mix pasta, turnips and sautéed anchovies.
Serve it with the toasted bread and chilli on the top.

BUON APPETITO!