Farro Pasta with Nettles and Sausage

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by David Tanis

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ItalianDinner, Quick, Pastas, Main Course

Servings

(4–6)

Total time

20 min

Calories / serving

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Ingredients (9)

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3 tablespoons olive oilolive-oil
1 large onion, diced smallonion
Salt and peppersalt-and-pepper
1 pound hot Italian fennel sausage, casings removed (see recipe for homemade sausage)sausage
4 garlic cloves, mincedgarlic
1 tablespoon tomato pastetomato-paste
1 pound farro pasta (or another type of dried pasta)farro
1 pound rinsed nettle leaves (or other greens, like bok choy or mustard, roughly chopped)
Ricotta salata cheese for grating (or Romano or Parmesan)ricotta

Instructions (4 steps)

01Fill a large pot with water for pasta and bring it to a boil.
02In a wide, deep skillet, heat the olive oil over a medium-high burner. Add the onion and a little salt, and let the onion begin to soften. Add the sausage meat, breaking it into rough pieces with a wooden spoon, and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are lightly browned and the sausage is done, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add the garlic and tomato paste and stir well to coat. Turn off the heat.

Salt the pasta water and begin cooking the pasta. When the pasta is nearly ready, reheat the onion and sausage mixture over a high burner. Add the nettles or greens to the pan along with 1/4 cup pasta water and stir until wilted and tender, about 2 minutes. Check the seasoning.

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