Orecchiette with broccoli, chilli and pecorino

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Cuisine: Italian

Serves: 4

Type: Pasta

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Orecchiette with broccoli, chilli and pecorino

By Emma Knowles

Ingredients

50 ml olive oil
½ onion, diced
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
3 anchovy fillets
400 gm dried orecchiette
1.5 litres (6 cups) hot vegetable or chicken stock
150 gm broccoli (about 1 small), trimmed and cut into florets
50 gm pecorino, finely grated, plus extra to serve
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon

Preparation method

Serves 4

This dish is cooked like risotto, adding stock, ladleful by ladleful, as it's absorbed. If using packaged stock, be careful when adding salt.

Combine oil, onion, garlic and chilli in a large saucepan, sauté over medium-high heat until tender (4-5 minutes), add anchovy, stir until dissolved. Add pasta, stir to coat, then add one-third of the hot stock and stir until stock is absorbed (4-5 minutes). Repeat once until most of the stock is absorbed and pasta is almost al dente (10-12 minutes), then add broccoli and remaining stock, stir until broccoli is just tender (2-3 minutes). Stir through pecorino and lemon rind, season to taste and serve hot, scattered with extra pecorino.

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