Orecchiette with Pancetta, Pumpkin, and Broccoli Rabe
- 2 cups cheese pumpkin, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 bunch broccoli rabe, tough lower stems removed, cut into thirds
- 3/4 cup pancetta, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- Pinch crushed red pepper
- 2 cups orecchiette
- 1/2 cup grated parmigiana
- 1/4 cup green pumpkin seeds, toasted
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Toss the pumpkin with olive oil and salt and place in a single layer on a sheet tray and bake in the oven until soft, about 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and reserve.
- Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil.
- Set up a bowl of well-salted ice water.
- Drop the broccoli rabe into the pot of boiling water, swirl it around, remove from the water, and immediately plunge into the salty ice water.
- Reserve the boiling water to cook the pasta in.
- Remove the broccoli rabe from the ice water, squeeze out excess water, and reserve.
- Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and add the pancetta and crushed red pepper.
- Bring the pan to a medium heat and cook the pancetta until brown and crispy.
- When the pancetta is brown and crispy add the roasted squash and about 3/4 cup of the broccoli rabe cooking water.
- Simmer until the water reduces by half.
- Add the orecchiette to the reserved boiling broccoli rabe water and cook until the pasta is al dente, about 1 minute less than the cooking time says on the box.
- Remove the pasta from the water and add to the pan with the pancetta and squash.
- Add the broccoli rabe and about a 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water.
- Cook until the water has evaporated and the sauce clings to the pasta.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with the grated parmigiana.
- Toss or stir vigorously.
- Divide the pasta between 2 serving dishes, sprinkle with a little more grated parm, and top with toasted green pumpkin seeds.
- Delicioso!
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- October - Why We Love: Pumpkins
cheese pumpkin, extravirgin olive oil, kosher salt, broccoli rabe, pancetta, red pepper, orecchiette, parmigiana, green pumpkin seeds
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/anne-burrell/orecchiette-with-pancetta-pumpkin-and-broccoli-rabe-recipe.html (may not work)